Re: [PATCH v4] send-email: Add simple email aliases format

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 22, 2015, 14:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqlhggfz97.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ80satbXXBYva9qrgR1oA_f7LAHUeAm21=R-mGsWx+sDoQ9sQ@mail.gmail.com>

Allen Hubbe <allenbh@gmail.com> writes:

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> It depends what we want to do with this parser: accept existing
> sendmail aliases files in git, or enforce that git alias files are
> usable for sendmail.  I really don't expect the second to ever happen.
> The first, maybe, but only if the alias file is edited to remove
> aliases of pipes and maildirs etc.  The second may not work if we have
> comments to the right, or aliases of aliases, which sendmail does not
> claim to support.

Let me step back a bit. Earlier you said your aim is not to use an alias file you already have and use with the MUA/MTA, but to have a collection of aliases to use with git-send-email only. Is there a reason to add support for a new format (whether it is compatible to or subset of postfix/sendmail format, or a totally new one) for that goal? What makes the existing formats unsuitable?