On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 20:33 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > There is one alternative, and one augmentation: > > > > (A) We do not do anything. > > > > (B) In addition to the main transition plan, outside git, prepare an > > optional "git-old-style" package that installs many "git-foo" > > wrappers in $PATH (i.e. /usr/bin). Each of them exec "git foo". > > People who like the dashed form can keep typing "git-foo", even > > though that will cost them two exec()s. > > (C) Just don't do it. Leave the git-foo commands as they were. They > weren't actually hurting anyone, and you don't actually _gain_ > anything by removing them. For those occasional nutters who > _really_ care about the size of /usr/bin, give them the _option_ > of a 'make install' without installing the aliases. Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx> BTW, now we have man pages for deprecated commands that are not in the default PATH, which are showing examples for deprecated commands that are not in the default PATH? With kind regards, Geert Uytterhoeven Software Architect Sony Techsoft Centre Europe The Corporate Village · Da Vincilaan 7-D1 · B-1935 Zaventem · Belgium Phone: +32 (0)2 700 8453 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 8622 E-mail: Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx Internet: http://www.sony-europe.com/ A division of Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. VAT BE 0413.825.160 · RPR Brussels Fortis · BIC GEBABEBB · IBAN BE41293037680010
