Hi, On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Charles Duffy wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > I presume that for this reason you will also never, _never_ use a > > > non-mainline branch of git -- even if its actual code only touches UI > > > enhancements or something similarly non-core > > > > > > > NO! The point was that I will not gladly run anything which could change the > > core. If I know it touches only the UI, there is no problem. > > > > If you're willing to look at the source of a branch to know that it > touches only the UI, why would you not be willing to look at the source > of a plugin to do the same thing? That is why I said I'd be gladly using a shell-script using git-core programs. It is typically no more than 20 lines, and I can review that quite easily. > Shell scripts allow for a fragile system because they could include C code > snippets which they then compile and LD_PRELOAD. Well, I do not expect people to misbehave. You do not compile a nasty C-program from a shell script _by mistake_. I also expect people not to constantly miss my point. It could be that I am not as proficient in the English language as I thought. In that case, I'll better shut up. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html