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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>,
	 Alejandro Barreto <alejandro.barreto@ni.com>,
	 M Hickford via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document HOME environment variable
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:20:58 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqv7vrlwqt.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a337ef76-096b-4995-ac06-d1be3b34750d@kdbg.org> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:01:57 +0100")

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

>> Just out of curiousity, is Git the only thing that uses $HOME on
>> Windows?  Or among may other programs on Windows that use $HOME, is
>> the way Git gives a fall-back value out of these three variables
>> unusual and deserves documentation?
>
> No Windows native program uses $HOME. Only POSIX-derived tools would
> consider doing so. So, I would answer your question: yes, Git is the
> "only" one insisting in HOME being set. We are free to choose how we set
> it, and the way we do it makes the most sense for Git's purpose. It is
> certainly useful to document how we do it.

That's perfect.  I've marked the topic for 'next' already.

Thanks, all.



      reply	other threads:[~2024-12-10  9:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-09 19:18 [PATCH] Document HOME environment variable M Hickford via GitGitGadget
2024-12-09 23:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-12-10  8:01   ` Johannes Sixt
2024-12-10  9:20     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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