From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:41:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Build without BUILT_INS
Message-ID: <xmqqwr54gbo0.fsf@junio.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <4F96650E.7040900@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

> On 04/24/2012 04:42 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>  ...
>> And no, it will *not* be a compilation option, as the resulting
>> installation will break the age-old promise we made to script writers.
>
> Otoh, we did warn that we were going to deprecate the 'git-foo' form back
> in 2005 when the git wrapper was rewritten in C, so perhaps we should
> consider...

We already discussed it and shot it down soon after 1.6.0 fiasco.

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/93511

Please do not drag me into that mess again.