Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)

From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 12, 2018, 12:40 UTC
Message-ID: <CAAXzdLU0Desw=kt2A3qHx8v=8hvKcN9OdV9fnXEcYiO=ht-t9A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <be24f331-5c8f-954d-e6f5-d5b09ee4e5f3@kdbg.org>

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:29 AM Johannes Sixt wrote:

> As long as C:\Windows\System32 on my Windows computer contains only
> 64-Bit binaries, I consider the characters "3" and "2" next to each
> other in this order just noise and without any form of information. The
> important part of the name is "win".

sorry friend, but thats a logical fallacy :(

http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/no-true-scotsman

just because the name "System32" is still in use (wrongly, I might add) doesnt mean that "Win32" should still be in use.

Each name is a separate argument. The "Win32" name has been changed by Microsoft and shouldnt be used by Git if possible. Its an easy change and I could send a pull request myself. However just because Microsoft hasnt changed "Sytem32" doesnt mean that they wont or shouldnt - as you said its just as misleading. We should fix ambiguities where we can, not embrace them.