Hi Junio, On Mon, 8 Jul 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgad...@gmail.com> > writes: > > > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> > > > > A `+` is not a valid part of a filename with Windows file systems (it is > > reserved because the `+` operator meant file concatenation back in the > > DOS days). > > I'd rather not to take this patch, because "generate in the target > with plus appended, make sure it succeeds, and then rename it to the > real target" is quite an established pattern not limited to the > Documentation/ directory of this project, if your tooling has been > supporting it and can continue to do so (which was the impression I > got from the cover letter). Even the top-level .gitignore file > knows about it, so does the top-level Makefile and it uses the same > pattern. Using `.lock` is actually an even more established pattern. (I used `.new` because the intention is not to lock files, but I would be prepared to change the patch to that end.) In addition, your `+` scheme will break on Windows once it uses `git.exe` or any other non-MSYS2 helper, so it is not future-proof, no matter how established you claim it to be. Ciao, Dscho
