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Re: [PATCH] Add a --user option to git-config

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Date
Jul 31, 2007, 21:54 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
>> At present, the --global option is something of a misnomer, so
>> we introduce the --user option as a synonym, with the intention
>> of removing the old option in the future.
> 
> Ack for the intention, except for "removing the old option in the future".  
> We do not need to advertise it, but breaking existing functionality, which 
> might be used by scripts and aliases is bad.
>

Yep, which is why I made it a synonym; git-gui uses the --global option, for example, and I'm confident that other (user) scripts use it too. The "future" I had in mind was something like 1 year down the road, but it could be longer (or forever) if necessary.

Ramsay Jones
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  5. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
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