From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:13:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a --user option to git-config
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708011913070.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <46AFAF7D.7010306@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>

Hi,

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Ramsay Jones wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> > 
> >> At present, the --global option is something of a misnomer, so
> >> we introduce the --user option as a synonym, with the intention
> >> of removing the old option in the future.
> > 
> > Ack for the intention, except for "removing the old option in the future".  
> > We do not need to advertise it, but breaking existing functionality, which 
> > might be used by scripts and aliases is bad.
> > 
> 
> Yep, which is why I made it a synonym; git-gui uses the --global option, for
> example, and I'm confident that other (user) scripts use it too. The "future"
> I had in mind was something like 1 year down the road, but it could be longer
> (or forever) if necessary.

Please read my reply as "I vote against ever removing the --global 
option".

Ciao,
Dscho