Re: [PATCH] contrib/git-jump: cat output when not a terminal

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

George Brown <321.george@gmail.com> writes:

>> As long as such a regression for existing users use is impossible, I
>> think the patch is probably OK, but doing a hardcoded "cat" smells
>> like a very bad hack, compared to a solution on the program's side
>> that *wants* to read the prepared file to arrange that to happen
>> (e.g. via setting the GIT_EDITOR environment to "cat" within that
>> program).
>
> I think this change only enhances "git jump".
>
>> In any case, I am not a "git jump" user, so...
>
> I looked into this as other Vim users were talking about it and wanted
> this behavior.

That's already irrelevant in the course of this discussion, no?

We have already established that you wrote in good faith to improve
the use experience by vim users, and nobody in this exchange doubts
that this change would help vim users.  

I am worried about the change hurting non-vim users, but no amount
of "me too" from vim users who care only about their vim experience
would allay that.