Re: git silently ignores include directive with single quotes

From: Stas Bekman <stas@stason.org>
Date: Sep 24, 2018, 23:20 UTC
Message-ID: <087d2065-6ba0-87b7-2a6f-bf2726aef829@stason.org>
In-Reply-To: <87efdik3ie.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

On 2018-09-24 02:08 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: [...]

> Posting to this mailing list is generally how it's done

Thank you, Ævar, for clarifying that there is no issue tracker for the git project.

> The best way to fix stuff in git that you can't interest others in is to
> do it yourself. Take a look at Documentation/SubmittingPatches in the
> git.git repository for how to do that.

Based on the initial rich discussion this post created I had a feeling that there was a lot of interest. But you're correct, it's easier to share one's thought and patches take a lot more effort and time.

> In particular, starting by clarifying the docs around this as I
> suggested upthread might be a good and easy start to your first
> contribution to git!

That's an excellent idea. Philip started the process and hopefully it will lead to better documentation of the issue.

Thanks again.

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