From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: A Large Angry SCM Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:59:18 -0500 Message-ID: <474E0EE6.6070107@gmail.com> References: <20071127150229.GA14859@laptop> <20071127160423.GA22807@laptop> <20071128000731.GD9174@efreet.light.src> <7v8x4jb295.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vfxyq2c9b.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Reply-To: gitzilla@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 29 01:59:51 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxXkp-0007Uw-RT for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:59:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759412AbXK2A72 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:59:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759401AbXK2A72 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:59:28 -0500 Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.189]:58189 "EHLO rn-out-0102.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753112AbXK2A71 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:59:27 -0500 Received: by rn-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id s46so2573465rnb for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:59:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zdgIa8wbd1Q1fe5en2fqYLBRTSzO305e+AhmOUMH4oo=; b=rljng8ia1KPM1WFVzRSA7Lurh8q/z+7mUk0orAXIWNa2Zhc6M4MzbvcSOiOfrn6DgBtTezdBiiVJOPggtHCGjC/zXB01uauO2IcMa85JB5iPGLwEI3A+e4VO3lCxNXssiWClhm3dYp+UbsM0Y0XF/HeHiuW0JhFfwqn8IhJnmwY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eujnLYF8XDVz4zzWLCriYG5UC/cSXrN/MRjtsTGhJkuzDFa/X0wR4TU/Rzl30ydGgR2h1j1ixWrSgPkmWsW3ue293qf3f1uxIG4/2tr7rCjw9qV1Gaz6C5g1EhG3I/ELJ0OYhQvtKXxDpNKqAE2yB7tzSQS7V2Jwt8KyE9dF/q4= Received: by 10.70.72.11 with SMTP id u11mr562029wxa.1196297966282; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:59:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.6? ( [66.177.19.100]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i39sm7585730wxd.2007.11.28.16.59.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:59:25 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20060911) In-Reply-To: <7vfxyq2c9b.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: [...] > Would people agree with a rough roadmap like this? > > - v1.5.4 will ship with gitexecdir=$(bindir) in Makefile. But the > release notes for the version will warn users that: > > (1) using git-foo from the command line, and > > (2) using git-foo from your scripts without first prepending the > return value of "git --exec-path" to the PATH > > is now officially deprecated (it has been deprecated for a long time > since January 2006, v1.2.0~149) and upcoming v1.5.5 will ship with > the default configuration that does not install git-foo form in > user's PATH. > > - Post v1.5.4, start cooking gitexecdir=$(libexecdir)/git-core, aiming > for inclusion in v1.5.5, perhaps in Mar-Feb 2008 timeframe. > > - The release notes for v1.5.5 will warn users that git-foo will be > removed in v1.6.0 for many commands and it will be merely an accident > if some of them still work. > > - Post v1.5.5, start cooking the change that does not install hardlinks > for built-in commands, aiming for inclusion in v1.6.0, by the end of > 2008. So long as there remains the option in the Makefile to install the "dashed" commands in $(bindir) for those of us that wish it.