Re: git-send-email and aliases

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 03:59:19AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> It might be easier but I do not think that is useful.  When
>> git-commit runs the $EDITOR for the commit log message, I think
>> people would expect (if you are using vi) "!!git log" to honor
>> their alias.
>
> Then git-commit can unset GIT_NOALIAS when it expects to call into
> "user" code such as the editor.

Surely, but then it is not just a matter of "setting GIT_NOALIAS
at the top of all git programs" anymore.  You need to audit the
code.

> A potentially bigger problem with any such scheme is that non-git
> scripts would have to set GIT_NOALIAS. Not a big deal for new scripts,
> but it might break old scripts.

You are right.  Both GIT_NOALIAS and "write git-foo if you do
not want to be affected with alias" would fail that.

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