git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] Document patch syntax.

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 13, 2007, 08:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20070513082850.GB12712@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<7vodkpzwzj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:02:24PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Show 7 quoted lines
> For tutorial/walkthru type of documentation, my usual preference
> is "we", not "you".  "Now our little repository should be in
> this shape."  "Let's change our Makefile to do a bit more."
> That sets the tone that a slightly more knowledgeable friend is
> helping the user by working together with him, instead of an
> expert talking to a stupid user from a high place, but that is a
> bit offtopic.

I like that, too, but I don't think "we're" following it very well. Try grepping through git/Documentation.

-Peff
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jeff King
Message 6 of 7 in “Document patch syntax.”
  1. Document patch syntax.Yann Dirson, May 12, 2007
  2. Karl HasselströmMay 12, 2007
  3. Yann DirsonMay 12, 2007
  4. Karl HasselströmMay 12, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2007
  6. Jeff KingMay 13, 2007
  7. Jeff KingMay 13, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.