Re: [RFC] Code reorgnization

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 17, 2016, 17:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7fh10zcp.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+39Oz6jNwcyCQFiakh=Ech6p8UYRW9pn95e6cTGXf8nFcwwWQ@mail.gmail.com>

Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org> writes:

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> On 17 March 2016 at 11:11, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Git's top directory is crowded and I think it's agreed that moving
>> test-* to t/helper is a good move. I just wanted to check if we could
>> take this opportunity (after v2.8.0) to move some other files too. I
>> propose the following new subdirs
>
> I wonder whether previous discussions on this still count?  See:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=git&m=129650572621523&w=1

If you refer to ancient discussion, especially to a large thread like that one, please spend a bit more time to summarize it. It is between one person spends a bit more time, and all others independently go there and read.

The essense of the proposal [1] back then was to move all the source file to src/, rename t/ to testsuite. And I think [2] is a pretty good summary of the common feeling back then that explains why the proposal died out:

    Moving everything into src/ and calling it "organized" doesn't
    actually accomplish much other than perhaps making the README
    file more visible to newbs; things are _still_ a mess, just a
    mess with four more letters...

This round is slightly more organized, so many points the old thread raised would not apply, I suspect.

[References]

*1* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165720/focus=165748

*2* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165720/focus=166019