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[PATCH 3/6] Documentation/git: drop outdated Cogito reference

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 24, 2015, 04:00 UTC
Message-ID
<1437710457-38592-4-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
In-Reply-To
<1437710457-38592-1-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>

Cogito hasn't been maintained since late 2006, so drop the reference to it. The warning that SCMS front-ends might override listed environment variables, however, may still be valuable, so keep it but generalize the wording.

Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
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Reference: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/274084
 Documentation/git.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 1e8a569..ef774be 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ The Git Repository
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 These environment variables apply to 'all' core Git commands. Nb: it
 is worth noting that they may be used/overridden by SCMS sitting above
-Git so take care if using Cogito etc.
+Git so take care if using a foreign front-end.
 
 'GIT_INDEX_FILE'::
 	This environment allows the specification of an alternate

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Message 8 of 13 in “minor documentation improvements”
  1. 0/6 minor documentation improvementsEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  2. 1/6 Documentation/git-worktree: fix broken 'linkgit' invocationEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  3. 2/6 Documentation/config: mention "now" and "never" for 'expire' settingsEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  4. Michael HaggertyJul 27, 2015
  5. Eric SunshineJul 28, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2015
  7. Eric SunshineJul 28, 2015
  8. 3/6 Documentation/git: drop outdated Cogito referenceEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  9. 4/6 Documentation/git-tools: improve discoverability of Git wikiEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  10. 5/6 Documentation/git-tools: fix item text formattingEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  11. 6/6 Documentation/git-tools: drop references to defunct toolsEric Sunshine, Jul 24, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2015
  13. Eric SunshineJul 24, 2015

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