From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:50:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] advice: add --no-advice global option
Message-ID: <xmqqh6fk1dmq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240429064025.GA2905826@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> You need an environment variable if you want the command-line option to
> work consistently across commands that spawn external processes. E.g.:
> ...
> commands, then propagating becomes too cumbersome and error-prone.

Ah, you've explained this---thanks.  As an internal implementation
detail, this is inevitable, and I am OK as long as we document it as
such.