Re: Call Me Gitless

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 19, 2008, 19:43 UTC
Message-ID: <7v1w0k3i5g.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080819175220.GA10142@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 08:22:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I do not know if I like the end result, but here is a patch to make the
>> traditional a/ and b/ prefix more mnemonic.
>
> Hmm. Something deep in my gut doesn't like this, just because I like the
> fact that no matter how I prepare a diff (and I do tend to do it
> different ways and post to the mailing list) it always ends up the same.

I had the exact same reaction when I prepared and sent the patch with i/ and w/ prefixes. I'm trying to see if that "deep in my gut" feeling is merely coming from my being very used to see a/ vs b/ or something more fundamental, even though my working hypothesis is that I'll get used to it.