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Re: [PATCH 1/2] submodule: fix confusing variable name

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2013, 18:53 UTC
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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> $path is part of the public API, so we can't just remove it. It would
> require a deprecation period, etc,.  (Adding/documenting $sm_path as an
> alternative *may* be worth doing. dunno.)

I think exporting sm_path (if not done already) and documenting the transition may be a good starting point, but deprecation of $path may be tricky. There is no good way for us to warn people who continue using $path and ask them to fix their fingers and scripts to use $sm_path instead.

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Message 9 of 17 in “Don't print status output with submodule.<name>.ignore=all”
  1. brian m. carlsonAug 3, 2013
  2. 1/2 submodule: fix confusing variable namebrian m. carlson, Aug 3, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederAug 3, 2013
  4. Jens LehmannAug 4, 2013
  5. Fredrik GustafssonAug 4, 2013
  6. Jens LehmannAug 6, 2013
  7. Ramsay JonesAug 8, 2013
  8. Fredrik GustafssonAug 9, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2013
  10. Mark LevedahlAug 11, 2013
  11. 2/2 submodule: don't print status output with ignore=allbrian m. carlson, Aug 3, 2013
  12. Jonathan NiederAug 3, 2013
  13. Jens LehmannAug 4, 2013
  14. brian m. carlsonAug 10, 2013
  15. brian m. carlsonAug 11, 2013
  16. Jonathan NiederAug 11, 2013
  17. brian m. carlsonAug 17, 2013

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