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Re: [PATCH] Start conforming code to "git subcmd" style

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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Aug 31, 2008, 01:53 UTC
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Le samedi 30 août 2008, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
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>
> The command name at the beginning of die message does not have this
> issue. E.g. the colon in:
>
> 	die("git foo: I hate you");
>
> is sufficient to make it clear that these two words form a single noun;
> i.e. "I'm 'git foo' program, and I am telling you that I hate you".
>
> But it might be just me, so before asking you to reroll another round,
> I'd like to hear opinions from the list.
>
>  (1) No, JC is worrying too much about readability; Heikki's patch is
> good;
>
>  (2) JC's right -- "instead of calling 'git rev-list'" is much better;
I agree with (2).

Regards, Christian.

>  (3) Something else?
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Message 3 of 6 in “Start conforming code to "git subcmd" style”
  1. Start conforming code to "git subcmd" styleHeikki Orsila, Aug 30, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2008
  3. Christian CouderAug 31, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiAug 31, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2008
  6. Heikki OrsilaAug 31, 2008

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