Re: [PATCH (REVISED)] Add core.editor configuration variable

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Hi,

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

> On Thursday 2007 July 19, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:
> >
> > > Would porcelain.editor be a better name for this variable?
> >
> > From my point of view you can put into "myWonderfulGit.editor".  It 
> > does not matter.
> 
> By that argument, why do we bother with subsections at all.  In fact why 
> not call the variable "xhxhxjjjll.yqlaoospsp"?

No.  I said, and I quote here, "From my point of view".

> They are meant to help the human remembering it.
> 
> > So why not just leave it in "core", also because -- strictly speaking 
> > --
> 
> That's what I said for pager - since it's already there.  However, since 
> the editor isn't already in, it's not a question of _leaving_ it 
> anywhere.  Better that it goes in the right place when it is first 
> introduced.

And how would having "core.pager" but "porcelain.editor" be easier to 
remember?  Nah, not really.

Ciao,
Dscho

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