linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:31:14 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Hmm. Fishy.

Hmm. The exact match logic is a bit odd, and clearly doesn't mean what
I thought it meant. Reading that perl code just makes me more
confused.

I'd actually prefer to make "--git" the default, if you are inside a
git repository. Because obviously the *actual* default is too hard to
understand ;)

               Linus