Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] difftool: add a skeleton for the upcoming builtin

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 29, 2016, 20:55 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqshqadn0f.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1611292128340.117539@virtualbox>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> So the suggestion by both you and Peff, to use an environment variable,
> which is either global, or requires the user to set it manually per
> session, is simply not a good idea at all.

As I already said, I do not have a strong preference between config and env. I raised the env as a possible alternative that you can think about its pros and cons, and as I already said, if you thought and your concluded that config would work better for your needs, that is fine by me.

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