From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Recommend these .gitconfig settings for git integrity. Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:52:27 +0200 Message-ID: <8360y5y944.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a8nlfqj9.fsf@red-bean.com> <83h9ht1o8q.fsf@gnu.org> <87mvrle8ho.fsf@red-bean.com> <56AE8126.9090708@cs.ucla.edu> <87wpqo77yc.fsf@red-bean.com> <87bn80ifmh.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87k2mo75bx.fsf@red-bean.com> <56AFB869.1080206@cs.ucla.edu> <83si1cyy3e.fsf@gnu.org> <56B06282.2050701@cs.ucla.edu> <87twlrgljm.fsf@wanadoo.es> <56B0ED78.5030209@cs.ucla.edu> <87h9hqu28a.fsf@red-bean.com> <56B1655E.50505@cs.ucla.edu> <83lh71yewm.fsf@gnu.org> <56B23B86.4050603@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454521998 28192 80.91.229.3 (3 Feb 2016 17:53:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 17:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 03 18:53:07 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aR1c0-0002J1-R0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 18:53:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36744 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aR1bz-0002hz-Ps for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:53:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aR1bl-0002hs-DZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aR1bi-0001e2-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:52:49 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34175) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aR1bi-0001dy-1E; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:52:46 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3262 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aR1bh-0007MZ-3L; Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:52:45 -0500 In-reply-to: <56B23B86.4050603@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Wed, 3 Feb 2016 09:40:22 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199255 Archived-At: > Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 09:40:22 -0800 > > On 02/03/2016 07:47 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > No objections here, but I wonder: how is that different from just > > telling people who track the development to run the corresponding > > "git config" command? Both require a deliberate action, and neither > > of the commands is significantly more complex than the other one. > I'm afraid it's more complicated than that. './autogen.sh all' currently > configures three Git variables with values like > '^\(def[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+([^()[:space:]]+)', avoids touching the > configuration if it's already correct for other reasons, and on > GNU/Linux hosts makes backups of all its configuration-file changes. I'd > hate to cut and paste all that stuff out of a text file. No, I was talking only about the transfer.fsckObjects setting, not about the others. Sorry for being unclear.