From: Perry Wagle <wagle@cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:21:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins
Message-ID: <23DFA9EC-9523-4179-BA3C-ACBDB82953DF@cs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261114070.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>


On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I don't actually personally feel all that strongly, but I _do_ think  
> that
> right now the git-xyzzy proponents are whining. All of their  
> arguments are
> pure and utter CRAP, considering the triviality of
>
> 	PATH="$PATH:$(git --exec-path)"

Scripts.  Remote scripts.  Scripts running as arbitrary users.

I'm trying to upgrade the git that our scripts use, and having the  
users modify their paths doesn't work.

Not that horrible to fix some other way, but still a rude thing to  
wake up to one day. (ie, today)

-- Perry Wagle (wagle@mac.com)