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Re: [PATCH] commit: make default of "cleanup" option configurable

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 9, 2013, 15:40 UTC
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Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> writes:
> When a user uses a script/importer which expects that the "default" option
> is used without setting it explicitly, and then the user changes the default,
> isn't it the users fault if that would break things?

Not necessarily. There are many people who use scripts written by others, without knowing how they work. You could blame that the script is broken, but not the poor user of that script.

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Message 6 of 18 in “commit: make default of "cleanup" option configurable”
  1. commit: make default of "cleanup" option configurableRalf Thielow, Jan 8, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederJan 9, 2013
  4. Ralf ThielowJan 9, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederJan 9, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  8. Re* [PATCH] commit: make default of "cleanup" option configurableJunio C Hamano, Jan 10, 2013
  9. Allow custom "comment char"Ralf Thielow, Jan 15, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  12. Ralf ThielowJan 16, 2013
  13. Allow custom "comment char"Ralf Thielow, Jan 16, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  15. Jens LehmannJan 16, 2013
  16. [PATCHv2] commit: make default of "cleanup" option configurableRalf Thielow, Jan 9, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2013
  18. [PATCHv3] commit: make default of "cleanup" option configurableRalf Thielow, Jan 10, 2013

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