Re: What will come after Git 2.56?
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D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
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- Sep 25, 2026, 16:42 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2026, at 20:35, Harald Nordgren wrote:
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> On the other hand, or on the opposite side of the spectrum, a tool that > can read your configuration and recommend better settings would be more > difficult to implement but could be easier to get buy-in for. This would > be the next step up from hardcore Git users and folklore spreading > through blogs and whatnot, thousands of users setting their version > controlled (of course!?) global Git config one advice and word of mouth > at a time. Just a plain old program that reads what you have, makes a > report on the tiny little part that modern Git practice has an opinion > on, and recommends the modern alternatives.
"git config upgrade" or something would be pretty nice :)
-- D. Ben Knoble