On Aug 28, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Teemu Likonen wrote:
Perry Wagle wrote (2008-08-28 12:24 -0700):
Is is really only that I
sed s/git-/git<SPACE>/g
on the scripts? I'm doubting it, given the quality of reasoning and
lack of respect for upward compatibility on this thread.
I have come to understand that "git " has quite long time been more
robust and portable way of writing scripts. They work in both
configurations so I'd definitely suggest doing "s/git-/git /g" for
every
script. Of course in an interactive shell everyone can use whatever
they
prefer and works at the moment.
Sure. Its an extra fork in git command intensive scripts (and git is
racey still maybe), but *shrug*.
When I started with git in Fall 2007, the sample scripts and gitweb
both used git<DASH> and git<SPACE> willy-nilly. I liked git<DASH>
better since it was what I used at the command line for the <TAB>
completion for the commands and for the man pages, and I like being
meticulously consistent so I can greatly reduce mistakes.
Even as of March 2008 (our last sync with git before the git scripting
was completed and we got on to other things), the sample scripts and
gitweb still used the git<DASH> form. If this has been brewing for
two years, there shouldn't have been a git<DASH> form in the scripts
in the standard source *anywhere* for those two years.
There was. Therefore, you don't get to claim that this was decided
two years ago, finally done now, and what's Perry's problem anyway?
But, my problem is not git<DASH> vs git<SPACE>, but the slap-dash way
upward compatibility was broken and the "water over the dam" slippery
slope rationalizations that refuse to consider reverting. "You" will
do it again in the future since you are declaring success here. And
"you" have likely done it in the past 6 months.
-- Perry
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