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Re: [kernel.org users] README and ChangeLog files

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JGJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Date
Aug 22, 2008, 23:09 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Maybe we should try to see how hard it would be to issue warnings when
> "git-foo" form is used for builtins before we declare that dashed form is
> deprecated for builtins, and start warning when the deprecation actually
> happens.  As many people on this thread suggested, it would make the
> transition easier.
I would tend to prefer a compatibility package or similar.

My fingers have long learned "git-prefix<tab>" for several commands. And Fedora puts so much crap in /usr/bin anyway, I don't see it a big deal to have all those names in the directory.

Actually, I bet git-foo, git-bar, and git-blah could all link to the same compatibility script, which simply invokes "git $command $args..."

That would be nice.
	Jeff
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Message 5 of 5 in “Re: [kernel.org users] README and ChangeLog files”
  1. Linus TorvaldsAug 21, 2008
  2. Petr BaudisAug 21, 2008
  3. Michael J GruberAug 21, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  5. Jeff GarzikAug 22, 2008

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