From: Philip Oakley Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:51:43 GMT Subject: Re: [BUG] Colon in remote urls Message-ID: <913EC5FA0C2B4452AF027A84786F08BB@PhilipOakley> In-Reply-To: <20161211110208.642unp7c2i653sav@ikki.ethgen.ch> From: "Klaus Ethgen" To: > Am Sa den 10. Dez 2016 um 19:18 schrieb Johannes Schindelin: >> On Sat, 10 Dec 2016, Klaus Ethgen wrote: >> > Am Fr den 9. Dez 2016 um 22:32 schrieb Johannes Sixt: >> > > There are too many systems out there that use a backslash in path >> > > names. I >> > > don't think it is wise to use it also as the quoting character. >> > Well, the minority, I believe. And only the minority where the command >> > line git is used anywhere. >> >> Please provide evidence for such bold assumptions. > > How is it "bold" to see that the majority of widows users does not use > or even like command line tools. And as git is command line tool (most > of them), users does use third party tools instead of the original. > > I know companies where the "developers" doesn't even know of the > existent of a git command line use. They look with owe when they see > that I use a shell to use git. > Hasn't this drifted a little off topic. The issue was typeable characters in URLs and how that affects the accessibility of various paths. We (Git) should be avoiding lock-in to particular systems where possible. -- Philip