Re: [PATCH] doc/bundle: Use the more conventional suffix '.bundle'

From: Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net>
Date: Feb 8, 2009, 09:41 UTC
Message-ID: <adf1fd3d0902080141s11b53127ufa83918c00b4579b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200902072302.36991.bss@iguanasuicide.net>

2009/2/8 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>:

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> On Saturday 07 February 2009 16:21:49 Santi Béjar wrote:
>> Although it does not matter in general it is handled different by
>> "git clone", as it removes it to make the "humanish" name of the
>> new repository.
>
> I'm mixed on this, particularly with the increasing numbers of MySysGit users
> we attract.  Perhaps it would be better to teach clone to remove .bdl as well.

I don't have an opinion as I don't know exactly the situation for MSysGit users, but I don't think it is a good idea to have two suffixes.

>
> General Query:
> Is the bundle format stable enough to register a MIME-type (and associated
> extensions)?

At least the signature yes:

static const char bundle_signature[] = "# v2 git bundle\n";

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