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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Adam Roben <aroben@apple.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH (REVISED)] Add core.editor configuration variable
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:15:10 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707191213300.14781@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200707191148.46228.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

> On Thursday 2007 July 19, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:
> >
> > > Would porcelain.editor be a better name for this variable?
> >
> > From my point of view you can put into "myWonderfulGit.editor".  It 
> > does not matter.
> 
> By that argument, why do we bother with subsections at all.  In fact why 
> not call the variable "xhxhxjjjll.yqlaoospsp"?

No.  I said, and I quote here, "From my point of view".

> They are meant to help the human remembering it.
> 
> > So why not just leave it in "core", also because -- strictly speaking 
> > --
> 
> That's what I said for pager - since it's already there.  However, since 
> the editor isn't already in, it's not a question of _leaving_ it 
> anywhere.  Better that it goes in the right place when it is first 
> introduced.

And how would having "core.pager" but "porcelain.editor" be easier to 
remember?  Nah, not really.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-19 11:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-19  6:55 [PATCH (REVISED)] Add core.editor configuration variable Adam Roben
2007-07-19  7:48 ` Andy Parkins
2007-07-19 10:00   ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-19 10:48     ` Andy Parkins
2007-07-19 11:15       ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2007-07-19 14:23         ` Andy Parkins
2007-07-19 19:28           ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-07-19 14:24   ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-19 14:52     ` Andy Parkins
2007-07-19 19:32     ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-07-20  0:20       ` Junio C Hamano

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