Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> macros). That could change eventually of course, but it's not like >> switching back to a stand-alone at that point is a big deal. > > If it is not a big deal, then I am fine, but at the same time it > becomes unclear why we can say "we can use X and Y niceties only > available for builtins". Actually, there is another issue that is potentially a lot worse. "git bugreport" not being built-in would mean that the compiled-in git-version MUST not be relied upon (it merely is a version of the source "git bugreport" came from, it does not necessarily match the main "git" binary when we are dealing with a confused user with GIT_EXEC_PATH problem), but has to be asked to "git" binary on the $PATH externally. That needs to be done for any non-builtin binaries (e.g. when user is having issue with git-remote--curl") anyway, keeping "git bugreport" out of builtin would force us the necessary discipline from early on.
