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Re: [PATCH] Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 1, 2013, 19:00 UTC
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 10:52:52AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> >   4. Replace the rename "gitfoo" above with a "see git-foo..." pointer.
> >      Users of "git help foo" would not ever see this, but people who
> >      have trained their fingers to type "man gitfoo" would, along with
> >      anybody following an outdated HTML link.
> >
> >   5. Update internal references to "linkgit:gitfoo" to point to
> >      "git-foo".
> >
> > Hmm. That really does not seem so bad. The biggest downside is the
> > people who have to see the redirect made in step 4.
> 
> Yeah, I see that a show-stopper in the whole sequence.
> 
> This is one of the "if we had perfect knowledge we would have
> designed it this way, and we could still migrate our current system
> to that ideal, but it is dubious the difference between the current
> system and the ideal will outweigh the cost of migration" moment,
> isn't it?

Yeah, perhaps. I did the patch series just to see what the effort would be like. But at this point I am fine if we drop it (it sounded like Jonathan was in favor of this direction, so maybe he wants to make a final argument).

-Peff
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Message 29 of 32 in “git-remote-helpers.txt: should it be gitremote-helpers.txt?”
  1. John KeepingJan 30, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2013
  3. gitremote-helpers.txt: rename from git-remote-helpers.txtJohn Keeping, Jan 31, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyJan 31, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  6. Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txtJohn Keeping, Jan 31, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  8. John KeepingJan 31, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  10. John KeepingJan 31, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  12. Jeff KingJan 31, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  14. Jonathan NiederJan 31, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  16. Jonathan NiederJan 31, 2013
  17. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  19. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  20. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  21. 1/2 Documentation/Makefile: clean up MAN*_TXT listsJeff King, Feb 1, 2013
  22. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  24. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  25. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  26. 2/2 docs: convert "concept" manpages to git-*Jeff King, Feb 1, 2013
  27. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  29. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  30. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  31. Tomas CarneckyJan 31, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013

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