Re: [PATCH (REVISED)] Add core.editor configuration variable

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 19, 2007, 11:15 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707191213300.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <200707191148.46228.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

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> On Thursday 2007 July 19, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:
> >
> > > Would porcelain.editor be a better name for this variable?
> >
> > From my point of view you can put into "myWonderfulGit.editor".  It 
> > does not matter.
> 
> By that argument, why do we bother with subsections at all.  In fact why 
> not call the variable "xhxhxjjjll.yqlaoospsp"?

No.  I said, and I quote here, "From my point of view".

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> They are meant to help the human remembering it.
> 
> > So why not just leave it in "core", also because -- strictly speaking 
> > --
> 
> That's what I said for pager - since it's already there.  However, since 
> the editor isn't already in, it's not a question of _leaving_ it 
> anywhere.  Better that it goes in the right place when it is first 
> introduced.

And how would having "core.pager" but "porcelain.editor" be easier to remember? Nah, not really.

Ciao, Dscho