From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 19:56:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] submodule: stop sanitizing config options
Message-ID: <xmqqmvo32c5n.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kZ4wOQrZETB4UVVRO6oecF-qqjzb9hP6-JenNxFNfjiLw@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

>> Hmph, Stefan, do you want to keep this (if you want to resurrect the
>> function in some future, for example)?
>
> IMHO it is easier to revert or rewrite than to carry unused code?
> Unused code is not tested and untested code is broken code.
> And relying on broken code in the future will guarantee bugs.
> (Sure new code may also have bugs, but I just think that bugs
> in newly written code can be fixed easier)
>
> I would prefer to get rid of it, i.e. taking that patch.

OK.