From: Heikki Orsila <shd@modeemi.fi>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:54:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace "git-" with "git " in *.[ch] comments and notifications
Message-ID: <20080830095411.GA28666@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi>
In-Reply-To: <7vr6872qv1.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 07:12:18PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I however am not sure if posting a single patch that is 1300 lines long
> would be the most effective way to achieve that goal.  Splitting them into
> a handful batches, spread over a few weeks to give reviewers some
> breathing room, might make it more reviewable.  I dunno.
> 
> [CUT]
> 
> One thing you might be able to do would be to separate user visible
> strings and in-comment strings.
> 
> [CUT]
> 	... would cause git-init to fail here...
>         ... would cause "init" to fail here...
> 
> than:
> 
>         ... would cause git init to fail here...
> 
> Among these three, I think the second one is the most readable. 

Okay, will split patches into smaller ones, distribute them over time, 
and use the second form for _in-comment_ strings. User visible strings 
will say "git init".

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Heikki Orsila
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