From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:28:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] builtin/gc: fix crash when running `git maintenance start`
Message-ID: <xmqqttdluqxb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <26e589c7-7625-409c-9913-9ed4b8ef9808@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> ... 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.