Re: [PATCH] introduce git root

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 4, 2014, 21:30 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfvcvrtls.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141204211232.GC19953@peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> ... I was thinking of
> just creating a new namespace, like:
>
>   git var exec-path
>   git var author-ident
>
> and deprecating the 4 existing GIT_* variables.

I'm fine with that. As I wrote in my response to MMoy, I forgot about other kinds of options the "git" potty takes, and "git var name-without-needless-double-dashes" is a perfectly fine way to consolidate the querying of computed values in a single place.

Thanks.