From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:17:17 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vfxyq2c9b.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> On Nov 29, 2007 6:14 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > "Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" writes: > > > On Nov 28, 2007 8:13 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> In case somebody is thinking about 36e5e70e0f40 (Start deprecating > >> "git-command" in favor of "git command"), that is a somewhat different > >> issue. What Linus suggested is not installing git-foo link for built-in > >> commands _anywhere_ on the filesystem. Not just "out of user's PATH". > >> That is not deprecating dash form but removing the support for it. We > >> need to give ample time for users to adjust to such a change. > > > > A little note on this one. I've been using git without builtin links > > for a while with my git-box port. There are still some builtin fixups > > needed. And because execv_git_cmd() always uses dash form, so it's > > impossible to use vanilla git without builtin links. > > Thanks for a heads up. > > Would people agree with a rough roadmap like this? > > - v1.5.4 will ship with gitexecdir=$(bindir) in Makefile. But the > release notes for the version will warn users that: > > (1) using git-foo from the command line, and > > (2) using git-foo from your scripts without first prepending the > return value of "git --exec-path" to the PATH > > is now officially deprecated (it has been deprecated for a long time > since January 2006, v1.2.0~149) and upcoming v1.5.5 will ship with > the default configuration that does not install git-foo form in > user's PATH. > > - Post v1.5.4, start cooking gitexecdir=$(libexecdir)/git-core, aiming > for inclusion in v1.5.5, perhaps in Mar-Feb 2008 timeframe. > > - The release notes for v1.5.5 will warn users that git-foo will be > removed in v1.6.0 for many commands and it will be merely an accident > if some of them still work. > > - Post v1.5.5, start cooking the change that does not install hardlinks > for built-in commands, aiming for inclusion in v1.6.0, by the end of > 2008. There won't be a stage when only porcelain git-foos are in $(bindir)? I could stop working on the relevant patch then. -- Duy