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Re: [PATCH] Add help details to git help command. (This time with Perl)

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
Apr 19, 2005, 17:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20050419175051.GK12757@pasky.ji.cz>
In-Reply-To
<42654153.8080307@mesatop.com>

Dear diary, on Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 07:35:15PM CEST, I got a letter where Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com> told me that...

> Example:
..snip a perfect-looking example..
Show 8 quoted lines
> ---------
> Speaking of 'git diff', I ran that before applying the following patch,
> and got a diff starting thusly:
> 
>  --- /dev/null
>  +++ b/gitmerge-file.sh
> 
> I had earlier done a 'git pull pasky', which was 'Up to date'.
Check/prune your add/rm-queue.
> So, the following patch is a conventional diff.
> 
> If the Perl filename or code  is too hideous, you're more than
> welcome to change it.

I'd actually prefer to just throw the whole help command handling to githelp.pl. I dislike helper scripts if I can avoid them. ;-)

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
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Previous: Steven ColeNext: David Greaves
Message 10 of 16 in “Add help details to git help command.”
  1. Add help details to git help command.Steven Cole, Apr 18, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  3. Steven ColeApr 18, 2005
  4. [RFC] Another way to provide help details. (was Re: [PATCH] Add help details to git help command.)Steven Cole, Apr 19, 2005
  5. Petr BaudisApr 19, 2005
  6. David GreavesApr 19, 2005
  7. Steven ColeApr 19, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisApr 19, 2005
  9. Steven ColeApr 19, 2005
  10. Petr BaudisApr 19, 2005
  11. David GreavesApr 19, 2005
  12. Steven ColeApr 19, 2005
  13. David GreavesApr 19, 2005
  14. Petr BaudisApr 20, 2005
  15. David GreavesApr 21, 2005
  16. Petr BaudisApr 23, 2005

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