Re: [PATCH] Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt

> On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 10:52:52AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> >   4. Replace the rename "gitfoo" above with a "see git-foo..." pointer.
>> >      Users of "git help foo" would not ever see this, but people who
>> >      have trained their fingers to type "man gitfoo" would, along with
>> >      anybody following an outdated HTML link.
>> >
>> >   5. Update internal references to "linkgit:gitfoo" to point to
>> >      "git-foo".
>> >
>> > Hmm. That really does not seem so bad. The biggest downside is the
>> > people who have to see the redirect made in step 4.
>> 
>> Yeah, I see that a show-stopper in the whole sequence.
>> 
>> This is one of the "if we had perfect knowledge we would have
>> designed it this way, and we could still migrate our current system
>> to that ideal, but it is dubious the difference between the current
>> system and the ideal will outweigh the cost of migration" moment,
>> isn't it?
>
> Yeah, perhaps. I did the patch series just to see what the effort would
> be like. But at this point I am fine if we drop it (it sounded like
> Jonathan was in favor of this direction, so maybe he wants to make a
> final argument).