From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fout-a4-smtp.messagingengine.com (fout-a4-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C174C230D24 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=103.168.172.147 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1733822464; cv=none; b=qWPHgnRMdDIdr+E6prHNTSESc/KHCGjN1vxYfRvC7PAoYypCoeO5oNkY7usKlBjMjymbs3oyuEg2hSBxJMJOxG1AhTCO7V9Ec6a2Nr0Q0r7NlJTLXcmp/iyKmBjVPpDBxCkxPqxM3+XDDpWhh2Lubd1I1VM0mKvWJy4h0TqxRq8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1733822464; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5DFjL1FIO+DVANxF8lqizJi/3o9/1GrEL7KS6EKaymU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HGDB8ri+OHmk7iDe9ZH2EVjiBrSFQQFzR25XOXrMK1zN3jWv+UbyI7J5acdT4l94hGbiSnI2LcCWV49r6W6auWfFqCem+/v4CQV+9l5CvixzEsp5d9AgEpCMIEN/qfDRZuwyoBOUGMLRcT+vjJVmmH3B/mW94JMm505r5Zklq9s= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b=ryrxsUqS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=103.168.172.147 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="ryrxsUqS" Received: from phl-compute-03.internal (phl-compute-03.phl.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailfout.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F19138416E; Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:21:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-frontend-02 ([10.202.2.161]) by phl-compute-03.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:21:00 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject:subject:to :to:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t= 1733822460; x=1733908860; bh=n4gMWFPu+TtTLagiR0WXGdRqMTXlWYaIArx lsrsIhHw=; b=ryrxsUqSgZS1ogv4bt9nndMLVm/QhZTIpgGhdJhWmWE/nXnTYxc p8d1Rz0W8mygtwJJ/HfemmN6L/Xsdo6qEdhkYOLmgcBj74UHYdOk2ZmBTx8KzGrJ h48PY/dGe2P4JHs5l4QgLU72TACJ9Xa/mHarZRDmsEb+wXA5sJkX3i+1moGG3H6R Xe0RaLifIuSFcNslVUJmPYZj12eWWusU/2EpEXfjzulMgappGMfijuNyZ3o8i68h m60h7z5DC9kngPLb8DAQc1b891rCM+cyBdOMs2s/IG5TsvHD+ST35nVNs/TDcxmj uIMb1m/wheDF3pDacxNSGq7heolP/Em2NrA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefuddrjeekgddtudcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpggftfghnshhusghstghrihgsvgdpuffr tefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnth hsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefhvfevufgjfhffkfgfgggtsehttdertddtredtnecu hfhrohhmpefluhhnihhoucevucfjrghmrghnohcuoehgihhtshhtvghrsehpohgsohigrd gtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeefveetteejheeugeffledvteeiveffueefjeel ueffteeigffgfedthfefieegieenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmh epmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehgihhtshhtvghrsehpohgsohigrdgtohhmpdhnsggprhgtphht thhopeeipdhmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopehjiehtsehkuggsghdroh hrghdprhgtphhtthhopehgihhtsehvghgvrhdrkhgvrhhnvghlrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthht ohepmhhirhhthhdrhhhitghkfhhorhgusehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtoheprg hlvghjrghnughrohdrsggrrhhrvghtohesnhhirdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepghhithhg ihhtghgrughgvghtsehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepghhithhsthgvrhesph hosghogidrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: if26b431b:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:21:00 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Sixt Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, M Hickford , Alejandro Barreto , M Hickford via GitGitGadget Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document HOME environment variable In-Reply-To: (Johannes Sixt's message of "Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:01:57 +0100") References: Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:20:58 +0900 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Johannes Sixt 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.