From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] apply.c: a fix and an enhancement Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:55:41 -0700 Message-ID: <7vfyu6jvrm.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <7vzmsewzik.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20050722181800.GU20369@mythryan2.michonline.com> <7vsly6vd2b.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <42E1571B.8070108@gmail.com> <7vhdempmgg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: A Large Angry SCM , Ryan Anderson , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Jul 23 00:56:25 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dw6Qw-0000Tq-Gj for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:55:58 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261410AbVGVWzq (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:55:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262212AbVGVWzq (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:55:46 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao02.cox.net ([68.230.241.37]:5871 "EHLO fed1rmmtao02.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261410AbVGVWzo (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:55:44 -0400 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.4.9.127]) by fed1rmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050722225540.XDVA22430.fed1rmmtao02.cox.net@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:55:40 -0400 To: Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: (Linus Torvalds's message of "Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:53:41 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds writes: > I'd _really_ prefer to not have any preferences or other metadata files > under version control within that same project. Don't you think that would be a per-project decision? Is it acceptable if I make sure that .gitinfo/* is _optional_ and things do not break for projects that do not use it? I hope you are not vetoing the ongoing discussion in another thread from including the per-project configuration. Some people want to run their project differently, and one thing I see often done is to have pre-commit hooks that always run test suites [*1*]. I do not think it is an unreasonable thing for Porcelains to support, and what I am trying to get at is if two Porcelains decide to support it, they do it in a compatible way. > And personal preferences are just that - personal. I do _not_ want to have > the kernel project history have things like "editor preferences" etc in > the revision history - you might want to revision them, but that would be > totally independent of the history of the project itself. I agree. The .gitinfo/fake-parents may be a good thing in that sense to have project-wide, and as long as the kernel person (that is you) do not add .gitinfo/commit-template you would be happy, wouldn't you? [Footnote] *1* Personally sometimes I feel myself that is silly, but that is _other_ people's project, not my own. I think letting them follow their own workflow to slow themselves is better than outright forbidding it and telling them not to do it.