From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a --user option to git-config Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:13:35 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <46AB7041.8070605@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> <46AFAF7D.7010306@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Junio C Hamano , GIT Mailing-list To: Ramsay Jones X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Aug 01 20:14:29 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 1IGIiI-0005tz-FE for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:14:26 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752877AbXHASOA (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:14:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752748AbXHASOA (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:14:00 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:43206 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751620AbXHASN7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:13:59 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 01 Aug 2007 18:13:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [138.251.11.74]) [138.251.11.74] by mail.gmx.net (mp028) with SMTP; 01 Aug 2007 20:13:57 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18sZ6cPSIwsQ2NQWxeHdGhj/0JbP/qx670J3ufSrL 19tuQIqmp2k8U7 X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <46AFAF7D.7010306@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Ramsay Jones wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Ramsay Jones wrote: > > > >> At present, the --global option is something of a misnomer, so > >> we introduce the --user option as a synonym, with the intention > >> of removing the old option in the future. > > > > Ack for the intention, except for "removing the old option in the future". > > We do not need to advertise it, but breaking existing functionality, which > > might be used by scripts and aliases is bad. > > > > Yep, which is why I made it a synonym; git-gui uses the --global option, for > example, and I'm confident that other (user) scripts use it too. The "future" > I had in mind was something like 1 year down the road, but it could be longer > (or forever) if necessary. Please read my reply as "I vote against ever removing the --global option". Ciao, Dscho