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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2011, #01; Tue, 4)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 6, 2011, 17:24 UTC
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:
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>> Incomplete with respect to backslash processing in prefix_filename(), and
>> also loses the ability to escape glob specials.
>> Will discard.
>
> Sorry but this is letting best be enemy of good!

The impression I got from the discussion was quite different, which was that the patch was not even "good" by making certain things impossible to do by catering to a narrow corner case.

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  1. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  2. Johannes SixtOct 5, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  4. Pascal ObryOct 6, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011
  6. Pascal ObryOct 6, 2011
  7. Brad KingOct 6, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011

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