On Wednesday 2007 January 17 23:06, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I am neutral about changing the default suffix from .txt to .patch; > comments? I'm in favour. The extension indicates file type, and gives guidance on the tool that can read it. Though .patch is stored in text it's more than that (c.f. .html) - the text inside it has meaning beyond just the text. To me, .txt would implies that the file format is in human-language format (i.e. words, sentences, and paragraphs). Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx - 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