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Re: [msysGit] [PATCH/RFC] alias: use run_command api to execute aliases

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 7, 2011, 19:21 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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>> But I'm kind of of two minds here myself, but for a slightly different 
>> reason: I think Git for Windows SHOULD use cmd.exe to execute scripts. 
>> We should be able to lose the msys-environment and still have the basic 
>> functionality working. In that sense, this is a step in the wrong 
>> direction. But I'd rather have all code use the same code-path to 
>> execute scripts, and make a bit switch to cmd.exe together with porting 
>> all supplied scripts to batch-files some time in the future.
>
> Okay, strike my objections, I agree now. Feel free to apply!

FWIW, I agree with Erik's reasoning, too. Thanks, both.

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Message 7 of 7 in “alias: use run_command api to execute aliases”
  1. alias: use run_command api to execute aliasesErik Faye-Lund, Jan 6, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 6, 2011
  3. Erik Faye-LundJan 6, 2011
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2011
  5. Erik Faye-LundJan 7, 2011
  6. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2011

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