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Re: [PATCH] Use "-script" postfix for scripts

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RARyan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2005, 22:27 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 02:55:01PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Sure, I could have called it ".sh" instead to make it look even more like 
> a shell script thing, but I actually think "-script" describes any 
> scripting language - shell, perl, you name it..
See, for example, the history on git-rename-script for why this is good.
-- 
Ryan Anderson
  sometimes Pug Majere
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  2. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 12, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsAug 12, 2005
  5. Ryan AndersonAug 12, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 13, 2005
  8. Ryan AndersonAug 13, 2005
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