Re: Git 2.18: RUNTIME_PREFIX... is it working?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 10, 2018, 16:09 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqefgb9iow.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAD1RUU8pT-3GKN4qRjysi+re+AKF4eB+VEDr+GzMW_4=E4uftQ@mail.gmail.com>

Daniel Jacques <dnj@google.com> writes:

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> All things considered, I think executable path self-location is markedly more
> fragile than using static paths, both with increased dependencies and added
> inconsistent behavior and limitations, and should not be the default
> on any platform.
>
> Both Johannes' original RUNTIME_PREFIX implementation for Windows and the
> Linux/etc. expansions that I did were written to serve constrained special case
> deployments. In that capacity, they can be really useful, as the fragility is
> managed by their respective environments.

Wow, an original author of a non-trivial feature who does not push his own creation to be used everywhere and instead cautions against blindly using it?

That sort of restraint is a rare trait to be commended. Thanks for injeting a doze of sanity.