From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:42:13 GMT
Subject: Re: What will come after Git 2.56?
Message-ID: <CALnO6CBhWKdHFhGCycCVWrc+3WH7TCNcqy8EzmYxxOhdHvz=Fw@mail.gmail.com>
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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:

[snip]

> 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 :)

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D. Ben Knoble