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

On Aug 26, 2008, at 1:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

But I can't.  People who complain _now_ just annoy me even more.  Why
weren't you defending the backward compatibility with me, which you  
seem
to value it so much, perhaps even more than I did back then?  Why  
are you
wasting our time bringing it up again, instead of joining the  
discussion
when it _mattered_ back then?

I wasn't around back then.  I came in a year ago to write some git  
scripts (mostly for hooks).  I saw that lots of scripts (including  
gitweb and the sample hooks) used the git- form, and some didn't.  I  
found that I liked the git- form, since it permitted command and man  
page name completion, so I did that.

Today I literally wake up to find that I now gotta go fix all those  
scripts, upgrade git-web, and whatever other *scripts* used the now  
obsolete git- form.  Sorry, I skim the git list every week or three.

The doctor says I'll live, and be back to health in a few hours.  But  
there will be a doctor bill.  Can I send it to you?  8)

-- Perry Wagle (wagle@mac.com)