From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] README and ChangeLog files Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:09:52 -0400 Message-ID: <48AF4740.2030202@garzik.org> References: <48AC6839.7050605@zytor.com> <1219264114.7576.1121.camel@calx> <20080820210733.GA418@smurf.noris.de> <20080820223033.GD18947@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1219273792.7576.1146.camel@calx> <1219294266.7576.1180.camel@calx> <20080821125945.GE16634@mit.edu> <7vk5eaez0m.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080822082908.GA29475@isilmar.linta.de> <7vej4g92io.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Dominik Brodowski , Matthias Urlichs , Theodore Tso , "H. Peter Anvin" , users@kernel.org, git@vger.kernel.org, Russell@hera.kernel.org, Matt Mackall , Linus Torvalds , King To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Aug 23 01:11:33 2008 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 1KWfmz-0007pD-Tp for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:11:30 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754781AbYHVXK0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:10:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754741AbYHVXK0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:10:26 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:43796 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754459AbYHVXKZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:10:25 -0400 Received: from cpe-069-134-153-115.nc.res.rr.com ([69.134.153.115] helo=core.yyz.us) by mail.dvmed.net with esmtpsa (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1KWflR-0000vD-AG; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:09:55 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) In-Reply-To: <7vej4g92io.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > Maybe we should try to see how hard it would be to issue warnings when > "git-foo" form is used for builtins before we declare that dashed form is > deprecated for builtins, and start warning when the deprecation actually > happens. As many people on this thread suggested, it would make the > transition easier. I would tend to prefer a compatibility package or similar. My fingers have long learned "git-prefix" for several commands. And Fedora puts so much crap in /usr/bin anyway, I don't see it a big deal to have all those names in the directory. Actually, I bet git-foo, git-bar, and git-blah could all link to the same compatibility script, which simply invokes "git $command $args..." That would be nice. Jeff