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From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] difftool: add a feature flag for the builtin vs scripted version
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:51:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1479912693.5181.27.camel@kaarsemaker.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <598dcfdbeef4e15d2d439053a0423589182e5f30.1479834051.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 18:01 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> The original idea was to use an environment variable
> GIT_USE_BUILTIN_DIFFTOOL, but the test suite resets those variables, and
> we do want to use that feature flag to run the tests with, and without,
> the feature flag.
> 
> Besides, the plan is to add an opt-in flag in Git for Windows'
> installer. If we implemented the feature flag as an environment
> variable, we would have to modify the user's environment, in order to
> make the builtin difftool the default when called from Git Bash, Git CMD
> or third-party tools.

Hi Johannes,

Why is this not a normal configuration variable (as in git config
difftool.builtin true or something)? It doesn't make much sense to me
to introduce a way of configuring git by introducing magic files, when
a normal configuration variable would do just fine, and the GfW
installer can also set such variables, like it does for the crlf config
I believe.

-- 
Dennis Kaarsemaker
http://www.kaarsemaker.net

  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-23 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-22 17:01 [PATCH 0/2] Show Git Mailing List: a builtin difftool Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-22 17:01 ` [PATCH 1/2] difftool: add the builtin Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23  8:08   ` David Aguilar
2016-11-23 11:34     ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-22 17:01 ` [PATCH 2/2] difftool: add a feature flag for the builtin vs scripted version Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23 14:51   ` Dennis Kaarsemaker [this message]
2016-11-23 17:29     ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23 17:40       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-23 18:18         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-23 19:55           ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23 20:04             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-23 22:01       ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23 22:03 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] Show Git Mailing List: a builtin difftool Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23 22:03   ` [PATCH v2 1/1] difftool: add the builtin Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-23 22:25     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-23 22:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-24 10:38         ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-24 20:55   ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Show Git Mailing List: a builtin difftool Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-24 20:55     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] difftool: add a skeleton for the upcoming builtin Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-24 21:08       ` Jeff King
2016-11-24 21:56         ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-25  3:18           ` Jeff King
2016-11-25 11:05             ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-25 17:19               ` Jeff King
2016-11-25 17:41                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-25 17:47                   ` Jeff King
2016-11-26 12:22                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-26 16:19                       ` Jeff King
2016-11-26 13:01                         ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-27 16:50                           ` Jeff King
2016-11-28 17:06                             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-28 17:34                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-28 19:27                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-29 20:36                                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-29 20:49                                     ` Jeff King
2016-11-30 12:30                                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-30 12:35                                         ` Jeff King
2016-11-29 20:55                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-30 12:30                                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-12-01 23:33                                         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-05 10:36                                           ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-12-05 18:37                                             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-06 13:16                                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-12-06 13:36                                                 ` Jeff King
2016-12-06 14:48                                                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-12-06 15:09                                                     ` Jeff King
2016-12-06 18:22                                                       ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-06 18:35                                                         ` Jeff King
2017-01-18 22:38                                                           ` Brandon Williams
2016-11-30 16:02                                 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-30 18:39                                   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-24 20:55     ` [PATCH v3 2/2] difftool: implement the functionality in the builtin Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-25 21:24       ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-27 11:10         ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-11-27 11:20           ` Jakub Narębski
2017-01-02 16:16     ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Show Git Mailing List: a builtin difftool Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-02 16:22       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] Avoid Coverity warning about unfree()d git_exec_path() Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-03 20:11         ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-03 21:33           ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-04 18:09             ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-04  1:13           ` Jeff King
2017-01-09  1:25           ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-09  6:00             ` Jeff King
2017-01-09  7:49             ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-09 19:21             ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-02 16:22       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] difftool: add a skeleton for the upcoming builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-02 16:22       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] difftool: implement the functionality in the builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-02 16:24       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] t7800: run both builtin and scripted difftool, for now Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-09  1:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-09  7:56           ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-09  9:46             ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-17 15:54       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] Turn the difftool into a builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-17 15:54         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] difftool: add a skeleton for the upcoming builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-17 15:55         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] difftool: implement the functionality in the builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-17 15:55         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] Retire the scripted difftool Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-17 21:46           ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-18 12:33             ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-18 19:15               ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-19 16:30                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-19 17:56                   ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-19 20:32                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-17 21:31         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] Turn the difftool into a builtin Junio C Hamano
2017-01-19 20:30         ` [PATCH v6 " Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-19 20:30           ` [PATCH v6 1/3] difftool: add a skeleton for the upcoming builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-19 20:30           ` [PATCH v6 2/3] difftool: implement the functionality in the builtin Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-19 20:30           ` [PATCH v6 3/3] Retire the scripted difftool Johannes Schindelin

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