Re: [PATCH] pathspec: warn on empty strings as pathspec

> Emily Xie <emilyxxie@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Awesome. Thanks, Junio---this is exciting!
>
> No, thank _you_.
>
>> As for step 2: do you have a good sense on the timing? Around how long
>> should I wait to submit the patch for it?
>
> Not so fast.  We'll wait for others to comment first.
>
> I am queuing this change but that does not mean anything more than
> that I am not outright rejecting the idea.
>
> It is possible that others may assess the cost of having to do the
> two-step migration differently, and the list concensus may end up
> being "if it hurts, don't pass an empty string", i.e. we'd better
> without this patch or subsequent second step.  If that happens, the
> first step dies without hitting 'next'.  I'd say we'd wait at least
> for a week.
>
> Otherwise, if the change is received favourably, we'll merge it to
> 'next', do the same waiting for comments.  Repeat the same and then
> merge to 'master'.  After it hits the next feature release (probably
> at around the end of August), the change will be seen by wider
> general public, and at that point we may see strong opposition from
> them with a good argument neither of us thought of why we shouldn't
> do this change, in which case we might have to revise the plan and
> scrap the whole thing.
>
> So, we'll wait and see.
>