From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:02:58 -0800 Message-ID: <7vfxypzwvx.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <20071127150229.GA14859@laptop> <20071127160423.GA22807@laptop> <20071128000731.GD9174@efreet.light.src> <7v8x4jb295.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vfxyq2c9b.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <474E0EE6.6070107@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: gitzilla@gmail.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 29 02:03:55 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 1IxXoj-0000Nm-Fo for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:03:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760128AbXK2BDJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760291AbXK2BDI (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:08 -0500 Received: from sceptre.pobox.com ([207.106.133.20]:50881 "EHLO sceptre.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759720AbXK2BDE (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:04 -0500 Received: from sceptre (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sceptre.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB07F2EF; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (ip68-225-240-77.oc.oc.cox.net [68.225.240.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sceptre.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D94E9AD68; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:22 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <474E0EE6.6070107@gmail.com> (A. Large Angry's message of "Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:59:18 -0500") 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: A Large Angry SCM writes: > 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. Surely. Actually they already have that option of going dashless themselves, so in a sense it is not strictly necessary to make a big deal out of this.