Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.16.0-rc0

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 15, 2018, 07:26 UTC
Message-ID: <20180615072620.GA841@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180615051321.GA5840@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 01:13:21AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

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> > The trouble is that GIT_SSH_VARIANT=simple is too... simple.  You
> > would like a variant that passes in [-p port] [-4] [-6] as well.  We
> > didn't implement that because we didn't have the attention of any
> > wrapper writer who wanted it; in absence of a potential user, we
> > decided to wait for a user to propose the interface they want.  Now we
> > can celebrate, since that day has come.
> 
> I'm not sure I'm celebrating. It seems like work for not much benefit.
> I'd just as soon use VARIANT=ssh and deal with any fallouts if my script
> does not behave exactly like openssh in all regards.

By the way, if this sounds like I'm crapping all over your ideas, I really don't mean to. What I'm trying to say is that I think your original patch may have hit a sweet spot between robustness and making a simple-enough interface for users to configure.

-Peff