From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:40:05 GMT
Subject: Re: git-1.4.0 make problems
Message-ID: <7vac8b76ey.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <44947A43.7070909@lsrfire.ath.cx>

Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:

> Hrm.  Is the header really that unfriendly?  With a non-POSIX tar you
> get an extra file and a nice, if somewhat cryptic, reminder to upgrade
> your archiver. ;-)  Seriously, this is way below my annoyance-radar,
> but I'm obviously biased.

I do not mind tar-tree producing the header by default and
having to override it with ^{tree} -- actually I think it is a
good default.  I think that particular use in our Makefile,
however, is not necessary.

> What do you think about the following patch for starters?

Documentation updates are always welcome, and I think this is a
good change.  Thanks.