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Re: [PATCH] Clean up compatibility definitions.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 6, 2005, 03:17 UTC
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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
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> Dear diary, on Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:22:42PM CET, I got a letter
> where Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> said that...
>> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
>> new file mode 100644
>
> What about compat/util.h or something? Nicer, shorter, and takes
> advantage of this fancy hierarchical namespace "directories" invention.
> ;-)

While I would appreciate a better name, I am afraid that is not a particularly good one. It is not "compatibility utilities", but compat things and util things mixed together, so it does not belong to compat/ directory to begin with. die() and friends are not about compatibility at all.

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  1. Alex RiesenDec 5, 2005
  2. Alex RiesenDec 5, 2005
  3. Petr BaudisDec 5, 2005
  4. Alex RiesenDec 5, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2005
  6. Clean up compatibility definitions.Junio C Hamano, Dec 5, 2005
  7. Johannes SchindelinDec 5, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2005
  9. Alex RiesenDec 5, 2005
  10. Alex RiesenDec 6, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2005
  12. Alex RiesenDec 5, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2005
  14. Alex RiesenDec 6, 2005
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2005
  16. Alex RiesenDec 6, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2005
  18. Petr BaudisDec 5, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisDec 6, 2005
  21. Alex RiesenDec 5, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2005
  23. Alex RiesenDec 6, 2005

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