From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-applymbox: Remove command Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:57:24 -0700 Message-ID: <7vejl719vf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <20070520001012.5051.38142.stgit@rover> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: To: Petr Baudis X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 23 23:57:33 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hqypn-0006Kw-Vz for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 23:57:32 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756306AbXEWV51 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758995AbXEWV51 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:27 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao107.cox.net ([68.230.241.39]:61548 "EHLO fed1rmmtao107.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758957AbXEWV50 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:26 -0400 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao107.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20070523215726.RJBT12190.fed1rmmtao107.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:26 -0400 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id 2lxQ1X00A1kojtg0000000; Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070520001012.5051.38142.stgit@rover> (Petr Baudis's message of "Sun, 20 May 2007 02:10:13 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Petr Baudis writes: > I believe noone uses git-applymbox, and noone definitely should, since it > is supposed to be completely superseded and everything by its younger > cousin git-am. The only known person in the universe to use it was Linus > and he declared some time ago that he will try to use git-am instead in his > famous dotest script. > > The trouble is that git-applymbox existence creates confusing UI. I'm a bit > like a recycled newbie to the git porcelain and *I* was confused by > git-applymbox primitiveness until I've realized a while later that I'm of > course using the wrong command. > > Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis > > --- > > (Admittelly this patch is a bit brave and maybe we should make applymbox > print some scary messages first for some time. I'm testing the water here > to see if anyone complains. I still think that noone really uses it, > though.) Brave. I suspect nobody really uses it, too.