Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir

> On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:14:56PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> >  - 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.
>
> I am against this, unless it is configurable. I think the goal of
> reducing user-visible commands is fine, and moving things to
> $(libexecdir) is a good way of doing that.
>
> However, I personally still think the 'git-foo' forms are valuable
> (because fingers have already been trained, and because
> non-bash-programmable completions understand them). And I don't mind
> putting $(libexecdir)/git-core in my PATH to retain this behavior; it's
> a one-time configuration tweak, and it helps new users with the
> overwhelming command set.
>
> But I don't see a point to removing the links entirely. The annoyance
> factor for people who want git-* is much higher, and I don't see that it
> actually buys us any help for new users (who will no longer care after
> everything is hidden in $(libexecdir) anyway).