Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 30, 2007, 20:01 UTC
Message-ID: <7vve7jqz92.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071130150948.GA22095@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 08:18:16AM +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> ...
>> It would provide a ui inconsistency between platforms. Several people
>> pointed that out. It's decidedly a Bad Thing.
>
> Which, as I said, I have already addressed (and which Linus has also
> expanded upon in this thread). Since those hardlinks would be hidden
> from users who did not go to some trouble to find them, there will not
> be inconsistency problems.

I already can see exchanges in the user community after such a change you propose would happen:

 Newbie: Ay! why doesn't git-commit work anymore?

 Jeff: Stupid Junio and Linus decided that you should not use dash form
       but say "git commit" instead.

 Newbie: But my fingers are trained and I like the "git-<tab>"
         completion.

 Jeff: If you really like that, here is a hidden trick.  Add
       /usr/libexec/git-core/ to your PATH.

 Newbie: Ah, that worked, thanks.

 A few days later...

 Newbie: Jeff, your trick does not work for my coworker.  He also has
         the latest git.  His installation does not even have that
         directory!  What gives?

 Jeff: Ah, sorry, that trick works for some platforms but not others.

 Newbie: Stupid inconsistency.  Who suggested that?