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Re: [PATCH] Introduce SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORIES

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 9, 2005, 16:38 UTC
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>>>>> "HPA" == H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> writes:

HPA> Naming the environment variables SHA1_FILE_<anything> is almost HPA> certainly wrong; a much more logical name would be HPA> GIT_<something>. It'd also be much less likely to cause conflicts.

Exactly my feeling from the beginning.

But you have to realize that you are suggesting to change the SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORY that was there from almost the beginning as well. I know the code change required for the rename is minimum, but there are users involved. My feeling is that we should contain the damage by changing the definition of DB_ENVIRONMENT in cache.h sooner rather than later, but I do not think this is the week to do it.

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Message 8 of 30 in “Introduce SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORIES”
  1. Introduce SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORIESJunio C Hamano, May 6, 2005
  2. SeanMay 7, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2005
  4. SeanMay 7, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2005
  7. H. Peter AnvinMay 9, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2005
  9. SeanMay 9, 2005
  10. H. Peter AnvinMay 9, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2005
  12. [RFC] Renaming environment variables.Junio C Hamano, May 9, 2005
  13. Thomas GlanzmannMay 9, 2005
  14. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  15. SeanMay 9, 2005
  16. Daniel BarkalowMay 9, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  18. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  21. Daniel BarkalowMay 10, 2005
  22. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  23. Daniel BarkalowMay 10, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  25. Introducing GIT_DIR environment variable.Junio C Hamano, May 10, 2005
  26. Alex RiesenMay 10, 2005
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  28. Daniel BarkalowMay 10, 2005
  29. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005

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