On 1/18/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd like to see ".patch" there, but... > > I have to mention, though, that the majority of the editing > programs is used on that stupid thing called windows ... Even if majority of git target audience were on Windows, I thought majority of Windows users are on either VFAT or NTFS and not DOS 8.3 filesystems these days.
The filesystems are not 8.3, the programs are.
> Also, how many mail clients know that .patch is actually > a text and not application/binary? It'll make patch > reviewing harder for some (not sure if I'd like a review > of such a person, though). Is it common for popular MUAs to have a single command that lets you specify a file and depending on its suffix paste it inline or make it an attachment? I had an impression that most have separate commands for "read text from file (as opposed to typing)" and "attach a file (of random type, not necessarily and more often than not text)".
No, they don't :) They only have "attach" and drag-drop (which does the same).
The output of format-patch is not meant to be used as an attachment (it is "read text from file" kind), so I do not think your worry applies here. Maybe something I am missing?
Yes, the experience being a damned corporate windows user in a novell netware network with 50-year old admin fixated on microsoft exchange, not to mention Outlook Express users... I think we'd raising the entry barrier with choosing the defaults being so convenient for us. Well, the real-life programmers are less of Unix-liking kind. They are more lazy and demotivated kind, and Git will be _forced_ on them. It almost certainly will not be their choice. Not always, some'll like it (heck, I know people who swear by Perforce!), but most have a job, source of income, and not the profession (like in professional pride). As much as like Unix and everything related, I think it is not reasonable to try to change the majority. Not unless we have something earth-shattering. Well, git is, but 0001-fix....patch in email attachment probably not. - 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