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Re: Rss produced by git is not valid xml?

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 19, 2005, 00:34 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> This I agree with, btw. We could easily have a
> 
> 	[core]
> 		utf=1
> 
> thing, and make git-commit-tree refuse to commit a non-UTF8 message.
> 
> Of course, you could equally easily (more so?) make it just a commit 
> trigger instead, which might well be the right thing.

Actually, hooks have been introduced for exactly that purpose! Besides, they are a much more powerful tool. For example, you can not only enforce utf-8, but also replace words from a swear words list by "*beep*".

So, hooks are the way to go. Introducing another way to accomplish the same thing would be like Microsoft, implementing hundreds of APIs for the same task, none of them correct.

I can only underline what Linus said here: Software should work for people, not the other way round. Please, before you send some BS like "utf-8 is the only reasonable thing for everybody, everywhere, ever", read that sentence in Linus' mail again. Software should *not* restrict anybody for non-technical reasons. ever. Period.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  2. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  3. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  4. Kay SieversNov 18, 2005
  5. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  7. H. Peter AnvinNov 18, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  9. H. Peter AnvinNov 18, 2005
  10. Josef WeidendorferNov 18, 2005
  11. Kay SieversNov 18, 2005
  12. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  13. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  14. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2005
  16. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2005
  18. Kay SieversNov 18, 2005
  19. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  20. Ismail DonmezNov 18, 2005
  21. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  22. H. Peter AnvinNov 18, 2005
  23. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  24. H. Peter AnvinNov 18, 2005
  25. Andreas EricssonNov 18, 2005
  26. H. Peter AnvinNov 19, 2005
  27. Andreas EricssonNov 19, 2005
  28. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2005
  29. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  30. H. Peter AnvinNov 18, 2005
  31. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2005
  32. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2005
  33. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2005
  34. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2005
  35. Linus TorvaldsNov 19, 2005
  36. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2005
  37. Linus TorvaldsNov 19, 2005
  38. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2005
  39. Linus TorvaldsNov 20, 2005
  40. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2005
  41. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2005
  42. H. Peter AnvinNov 20, 2005
  43. Johannes SchindelinNov 21, 2005
  44. H. Peter AnvinNov 21, 2005
  45. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2005
  46. H. Peter AnvinNov 19, 2005
  47. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2005
  48. Linus TorvaldsNov 27, 2005
  49. 2/3 mailinfo: allow -u to fall back on latin1 to utf8 conversion.Junio C Hamano, Nov 28, 2005
  50. H. Peter AnvinNov 28, 2005
  51. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  52. Kay SieversNov 27, 2005

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