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Re: [PATCH] Use "-script" postfix for scripts

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Aug 13, 2005, 16:35 UTC
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> writes:
> > See, for example, the history on git-rename-script for why this is good.
> 
> Why do you think it is a good example?  What happens when next
> time somebody rewrites it in C?

We'll call the C version "rename.c", and the program gets to be called "git-rename", and "git rename" continues to work perfectly fine, so users won't be affected in the least.

And "grep ... *.c" and "grep ... *-script" also still work right.
That sounds like a good outcome to me.
		Linus
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  1. Use "-script" postfix for scriptsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 12, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 12, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsAug 12, 2005
  5. Ryan AndersonAug 12, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 13, 2005
  8. Ryan AndersonAug 13, 2005
  9. Petr BaudisAug 13, 2005

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