Johannes Schindelin wrote:
quoted
Yep, which is why I made it a synonym; git-gui uses the --global option, for
example, and I'm confident that other (user) scripts use it too. The "future"
I had in mind was something like 1 year down the road, but it could be longer
(or forever) if necessary.
Please read my reply as "I vote against ever removing the --global
option".
OK.
Ramsay Jones