Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir

Junio C Hamano wrote:
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Would people agree with a rough roadmap like this?

 - v1.5.4 will ship with gitexecdir=$(bindir) in Makefile.  But the
   release notes for the version will warn users that:

   (1) using git-foo from the command line, and

   (2) using git-foo from your scripts without first prepending the
       return value of "git --exec-path" to the PATH

   is now officially deprecated (it has been deprecated for a long time
   since January 2006, v1.2.0~149) and upcoming v1.5.5 will ship with
   the default configuration that does not install git-foo form in
   user's PATH.

 - Post v1.5.4, start cooking gitexecdir=$(libexecdir)/git-core, aiming
   for inclusion in v1.5.5, perhaps in Mar-Feb 2008 timeframe.

 - The release notes for v1.5.5 will warn users that git-foo will be
   removed in v1.6.0 for many commands and it will be merely an accident
   if some of them still work.

 - 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.

So long as there remains the option in the Makefile to install the 
"dashed" commands in $(bindir) for those of us that wish it.