[PATCH 3 of 5 paths v3] ui.paths: filter config options containing "." (BC)
Matt Mackall
mpm at selenic.com
Sun Mar 15 16:46:41 CDT 2015
On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 21:50 +0100, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
> On 2015-03-15 20:55, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > Perhaps we can use a horrible separator. I don't think we can use #
> > because it's already used for branches. Let's say it's "+"[1]. Then we
> > can have:
> >
> > [paths]
> > repo = https://...
> > repo+pushrev = .
> >
> > This is kinda ok because it suggests adding something on. Another
> > possibility is "--", which lets us suggest a relation to the
> > corresponding command-line options.
> >
> > [1] Not perfect, but Windows filesystems are hostile to it.
>
> Not sure what you are referring to exactly, but '+' is way less
> "hostile" than '.' in filenames on Windows. Just in case...
Showing my age, I guess. I used DOS 1.0 through NT 3.1 where "+" was
problematic, then switched to Linux. The problem with "+" (can't be used
with FAT filesystem) went away with the introduction of VFAT longnames
in Windows 95.
--
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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