Re: [PATCH v2] builtin/gc: fix crash when running `git maintenance start`

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 9, 2024, 17:28 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqttdluqxb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <26e589c7-7625-409c-9913-9ed4b8ef9808@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

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> ... But
> a way to rephrase what you mean is "Git has compile-time expectations
> that crontab doesn't exist for macOS and Windows, but Git checks for
> 'systemctl' on the PATH regardless of compiled platform."
>
> Thus, placing a systemctl script works for these platforms even when
> they don't have systemctl available normally.

Very nice rewrite. Thanks for pointing out what your initial reading hiccupped, as it is likely the same would happen to others.