# Re: VCS comparison table

- From: Johannes Schindelin \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:44 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7291758
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7291303/t/2.md

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Hi,

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Charles Duffy wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > I presume that for this reason you will also never, _never_ use a
> > > non-mainline branch of git -- even if its actual code only touches UI
> > > enhancements or something similarly non-core
> > >     
> > 
> > NO! The point was that I will not gladly run anything which could change the
> > core. If I know it touches only the UI, there is no problem.
> >   
> 
> If you're willing to look at the source of a branch to know that it 
> touches only the UI, why would you not be willing to look at the source 
> of a plugin to do the same thing?

That is why I said I'd be gladly using a shell-script using git-core 
programs. It is typically no more than 20 lines, and I can review that 
quite easily.

> Shell scripts allow for a fragile system because they could include C code
> snippets which they then compile and LD_PRELOAD.

Well, I do not expect people to misbehave. You do not compile a nasty 
C-program from a shell script _by mistake_.

I also expect people not to constantly miss my point. It could be that I 
am not as proficient in the English language as I thought. In that case, 
I'll better shut up.

Ciao,
Dscho
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