Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, A Large Angry SCM wrote:

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> [...]
> > Ok.  So here is a revised roadmap that a panda brain (that is not so
> > well working today due to fever) came up.
> > 
> >  - v1.5.4 will ship with gitexecdir=$(bindir) in Makefile.  But the
> >    release notes for the version will warn users that:
> > 
> >    (1) using git-foo from the command line, and
> > 
> >    (2) using git-foo from your scripts without first prepending the
> >        return value of "git --exec-path" to the PATH
> > 
> >    is now officially deprecated (it has been deprecated for a long time
> >    since January 2006, v1.2.0~149) and upcoming v1.5.5 will ship with
> >    the default configuration that does not install git-foo form in
> >    user's PATH.
> > 
> >    If further will warn users that git-foo form will be removed in
> >    v1.5.6 for many commands and it will be merely an accident if some of
> >    them still work after that.
> > 
> >  - Post v1.5.4, start cooking gitexecdir=$(libexecdir)/git-core, aiming
> >    for inclusion in v1.5.5, perhaps in Feb-Mar 2008 timeframe.  This
> >    will also affect the sample RPM spec and resulting RPM binary
> >    packages I will place on k.org, and I'll ask Gerrit to do the same on
> >    Debian side.  The official binary packaging of individual distros are
> >    not under my control, but if there is a handy list of people I can
> >    send this notice to for other distros, that would help this process.
> > 
> >  - The release notes for v1.5.5 will warn users again that git-foo will
> >    be removed in v1.5.6 for many commands and it will be merely an
> >    accident if some of them still work.
> > 
> >  - Post v1.5.5, start cooking the change that does not install hardlinks
> >    for built-in commands, aiming for inclusion in v1.5.6, in May-Jun
> >    2008 timeframe.
> 
> Again, there needs to remain support in the Makefile to install the "dashed"
> versions of the commands for those that want it; and be able to set
> gitexecdir=$(binder) without editing the Makefile.

Umm.  Why?  If there is no compelling reason (and you named none, but 
there were quite a few reasons against it), why should the Makefile 
support the dash form after 1.5.6?

Ciao,
Dscho