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

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 8, 2009, 10:41 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0902081139280.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
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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.

Why should that pose any problems? We are living in the 21st century, and even that crappy FS called FAT knows how to handle "extensions" longer than 3 characters.

Rather than making it confusing for everybody, we could drag some DOS types (kicking and screaming, probably) into their future.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. doc/bundle: Use the more conventional suffix '.bundle'Santi Béjar, Feb 7, 2009
  2. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 8, 2009
  3. Santi BéjarFeb 8, 2009
  4. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 8, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2009

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