Re: [PATCH 1/4] git submodule: Teach add to accept --group

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 21, 2016, 04:45 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqegdbzgjg.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kYY950Ob252ob=sqCkEh_48geBi-a9t-p0jPCn6naCWxg@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

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> Right, that's what I have here now. I should have said that.
>
> I was not trying to excuse anything, but more explaining the situation
> when reading the second sentence. (You seem to assume I'd want to rewrite
> all the shell scripts. Which I am not)

I think it is a reasonable way to spend your time by not rewriting everything in C but the parts the matter the most. But it makes it even more important to do the part that will be left in shell for a longer time in such a way that will be helpful to the end users (by accepting both "--group name" and "--group=name", in the codepath under discussion).