Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, David Woodhouse wrote:

On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 20:33 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

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 <redacted>

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
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