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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] usability: don't ask questions if no reply is required

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Jean-Noël AVILA <jn.avila@free.fr>
Date
May 4, 2017, 09:41 UTC
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Le jeudi 4 mai 2017, 08:52:43 CEST Kerry, Richard a écrit :
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> May I suggest that " The most approaching commands" doesn't make much sense as English (I don't think a command can "approach").
> Perhaps it should be " The most appropriate commands".
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Richard.
> 
Thank you for your proposition. "approaching" is a frenchism  doubled with google translate (sorry!). Maybe "similar" would also work.
  
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Message 24 of 41 in “usability: don't ask questions if no reply is required”
  1. 1/4 usability: don't ask questions if no reply is requiredJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  2. 2/4 usability: fix am and checkout for nevermind questionsJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederMay 3, 2017
  4. Jean-Noël AVILAMay 3, 2017
  5. 3/4 read-tree.c: rework UI when merging no treesJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 3, 2017
  7. Jean-Noël AVILAMay 3, 2017
  8. 4/4 git-filter-branch: be assertative on dying messageJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederMay 3, 2017
  10. Jonathan NiederMay 3, 2017
  11. Stefan BellerMay 3, 2017
  12. Jean-Noël AVILAMay 3, 2017
  13. 1/3 usability: don't ask questions if no reply is requiredJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  14. 2/3 read-tree -m: make error message for merging 0 trees less smart aleckJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2017
  16. read-tree: "read-tree -m --empty" does not make senseJunio C Hamano, May 11, 2017
  17. 3/3 git-filter-branch: make the error msg when missing branch more openJean-Noel Avila, May 3, 2017
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2017
  19. Kerry, RichardMay 4, 2017
  20. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 4, 2017
  21. Kerry, RichardMay 4, 2017
  22. Jean-Noël AVILAMay 9, 2017
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 9, 2017
  24. Jean-Noël AVILAMay 4, 2017
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2017
  26. Kerry, RichardMay 11, 2017
  27. Konstantin KhomoutovMay 11, 2017
  28. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  29. 1/3 usability: don't ask questions if no reply is requiredJean-Noel Avila, May 11, 2017
  30. 2/3 read-tree -m: make error message for merging 0 trees less smart aleckJean-Noel Avila, May 11, 2017
  31. Jonathan NiederMay 11, 2017
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2017
  33. Jean-Noël AVILAMay 12, 2017
  34. 3/3 git-filter-branch:Jean-Noel Avila, May 11, 2017
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2017
  36. 1/3 usability: don't ask questions if no reply is requiredJean-Noel Avila, May 12, 2017
  37. 2/3 read-tree -m: make error message for merging 0 trees less smart aleckJean-Noel Avila, May 12, 2017
  38. 3/3 git-filter-branch: be more direct in an error messageJean-Noel Avila, May 12, 2017
  39. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2017
  40. Johannes SixtMay 13, 2017
  41. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2017

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