Re: [PATCH] make __git_ps1 accept a third parameter in pcmode

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

But as I said, there probably is a reason why that approach does not
work, that is why I said...

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I have a feeling that I am missing something major, though...

In any case, this was more like "if we were doing this from scratch"
conversation.

I think PROMPT_COMMAND mode that takes <pre> and <post> string has
been advertised throughout the pre-release freeze, which is long
enough in Git timescale to avoid backward incompatibility, so we are
already stuck with the function in two modes even if what I said in
the previous message (i.e. "why not just one mode") worked.

I am considering to fast-track the "optional third parameter" patch
to the 1.8.1 final, so that we can have the same degree of
customizability in both modes.

Thanks.