From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:27:53 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs code Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20180308094544.7286-1-avarab@gmail.com> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > On Tue, Mar 06 2018, Alexandre Julliard jotted: > ... >> I'd recommend that anybody still using it switch to Magit, which is >> being actively maintained, and IMO superior to git.el in all respects. > > I think at this point it's best to remove both of these modes from > being distributed with Git, per this patch. > > contrib/emacs/.gitignore | 1 - > contrib/emacs/Makefile | 21 - > contrib/emacs/README | 39 - > contrib/emacs/git-blame.el | 483 ------------- > contrib/emacs/git.el | 1704 -------------------------------------------- > 5 files changed, 2248 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 contrib/emacs/.gitignore > delete mode 100644 contrib/emacs/Makefile > delete mode 100644 contrib/emacs/README > delete mode 100644 contrib/emacs/git-blame.el > delete mode 100644 contrib/emacs/git.el I agree with the overall direction. The only difference between this and what I had in mind was if we want to leave README that says what you said in the log message. That way, those who just got a new version of tarball and then wonder what happened to these scripts would save one trip to the Internet.