Re: git-fast-import

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Feb 8, 2007, 16:56 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702080851140.8424@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702080054180.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> 
> Ah! I overlooked that feature. Certainly, this makes gfi (could we please 
> call it "fast-import", please?) very useful for history rewriting 
> purposed.

Yeah, I think fast-import is great. And I'd also like to echo that call to not call it "gfi". Maybe it's just me, and maybe it's just because I'm a home-owner who does things like add in-wall ethernet cables, but to me, gfi is about an electrical outlet.

So to me, gfi means "ground fault interrupter": the kind of outlet that breaks the circuit if there is current leaking to the ground pin. All your electrical outlets in "wet areas" (bathroom, kitchen within a certain distance of a sink, outside, near swimming pools etc) are supposed to be GFI's.

I realize that there's not a lot of chance of confusion in the git world, but still.

			Linus