From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH (REVISED)] Add core.editor configuration variable Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:15:10 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <11848281302504-git-send-email-aroben@apple.com> <200707190848.54655.andyparkins@gmail.com> <200707191148.46228.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Adam Roben , Junio C Hamano To: Andy Parkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jul 19 13:15:21 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 1IBTyb-0001m0-2H for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:15:21 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754798AbXGSLPS (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:15:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754327AbXGSLPR (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:15:17 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:54405 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754058AbXGSLPP (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:15:15 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 19 Jul 2007 11:15:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [138.251.11.74]) [138.251.11.74] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 19 Jul 2007 13:15:13 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+Q80kfVJ+QF9v/Aracuzr3UvvtjNay6Jj0CGPnFn NJ3/x4wLB9FYop X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <200707191148.46228.andyparkins@gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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