From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Importing Mozilla CVS into git Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <9e4733910606011521n106f8f24s6c7053ce51e3791e@mail.gmail.com> <200606042144.45385.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jun 04 22:01:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FmymJ-0000Ot-Bu for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:00:51 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750749AbWFDUAl (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:00:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750764AbWFDUAl (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:00:41 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:60104 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750749AbWFDUAk (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:00:40 -0400 Received: from shell0.pdx.osdl.net (fw.osdl.org [65.172.181.6]) by smtp.osdl.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k54K0P2g007048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:00:28 -0700 Received: from localhost (shell0.pdx.osdl.net [10.9.0.31]) by shell0.pdx.osdl.net (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k54K0G9G023075; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:00:20 -0700 To: "Robin Rosenberg (list subscriber)" In-Reply-To: <200606042144.45385.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 required=5 tests= X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63-osdl_revision__1.75__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.135 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.36 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Robin Rosenberg (list subscriber) wrote: > > Other version control systems simply treat text and binary files differently. > No smart(ass) logic doing the wrong thing. Treating text and binary file differently _is_ the "smart(ass) logic doing the wrong thing". Git really shouldn't do that. The patch was meant to show how you really don't need to - the internal objects would never be "binary vs text", there would be a way to just basically map one onto another. > > I'm absolutely _not_ suggesting merging that patch as-is or even in any > > form very close to it. It clearly needs a config file entry with filename > > patterns etc at a minimum. > > Do people apply your patches right away, like it's some god-like commandments? What's your problem here, exactly? I was just trying to point out that my patch was an example, where somebody who cares (not me) can use it as a starting point. If you can't be civil, at least be quiet, ok? Linus