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[PATCH v2 2/6] Documentation/git: drop outdated Cogito reference

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2015, 20:06 UTC
Message-ID
<1438113975-4915-3-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
In-Reply-To
<1438113975-4915-1-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>
---
No changes since v1.
 Documentation/git.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index ef76f95..21bc0a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ 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
-- 
2.5.0.rc3.490.g8c70279
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  4. 3/6 Documentation/git-tools: improve discoverability of Git wikiEric Sunshine, Jul 28, 2015
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