From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:34:54 GMT Subject: Re: Rss produced by git is not valid xml? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi, On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > 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