On Nov 29, 2007 10:08 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:14:56PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > - Post v1.5.5, start cooking the change that does not install hardlinks > > for built-in commands, aiming for inclusion in v1.6.0, by the end of > > 2008. > > I am against this, unless it is configurable. I think the goal of > reducing user-visible commands is fine, and moving things to > $(libexecdir) is a good way of doing that. > > However, I personally still think the 'git-foo' forms are valuable > (because fingers have already been trained, and because > non-bash-programmable completions understand them). And I don't mind > putting $(libexecdir)/git-core in my PATH to retain this behavior; it's > a one-time configuration tweak, and it helps new users with the > overwhelming command set. > > But I don't see a point to removing the links entirely. The annoyance > factor for people who want git-* is much higher, and I don't see that it > actually buys us any help for new users (who will no longer care after > everything is hidden in $(libexecdir) anyway). Maybe only not install hardlinks on systems that do not support it like Windows? git.exe duplication takes a lot of space. -- Duy - 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
