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On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> wrote: > >> (b), I don't think we have to automate a solution, only tell the user >> that they're doing it wrong. > > Actually, no. I keep the perl sources on an NFS-mounted directory. I use > one system (that has git) to update the sources, but I'm often building, > using the same directory, on a different system that doesn't have git. I would define that as one variation of "doing it wrong" and I don't think it's the responsibility of the core to save you from yourself, since hybrid git/NFS-mounted multi-system build directories aren't exactly the norm. (Particularly since you're well qualified to know what risks you're taking with a setup like that.) That said, I think Nicholas made a good point for why the extra (non-git-based) check is useful. -- DavidThread Previous | Thread Next