Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Aug 28, 2008, 16:35 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808280934160.3300@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <18219E52-E56F-43D9-B28D-0CC74E225CC5@cs.indiana.edu>

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Perry Wagle wrote:

> 
> The PATH thing fixes the problem of typing in git-commands at the  
> command line, but not for scripts containing git<DASH> commands.  I've  
> seen no-one rebut my rebuttal.

What drugs are you people on?

Just put it in your .bash_profile or something. It will now work for all your scripts.

And for us people who do _not_ want it, we fix the scripts, or we don't run them.

		Linus

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