Re: What is not in git.git

From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Date: Feb 5, 2009, 14:02 UTC
Message-ID: <20090205140215.GB20348@coraid.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vy6wllswz.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 02:49:00PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> writes:

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> >  1. From: ecashin@coraid.com
> >     Subject: [PATCH] git-describe documentation: --match pattern is glob
> >     Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:21:53 -0500
> >     Message-ID: <dfa634dbd8def9e205bbe219217179ca@coraid.com>
> >
> >     I thought this was correct, but was missing a sign-off. Perhaps it was
> >     dropped on the floor because it was sent in a wrong format that is
> >     harder to apply?
> 
> Mostly correct, but because we consider refnames like filesystem paths and
> the use of globs when matching them is shared as the same basic design
> across commands, I do not think the manual page for each individual
> command is the right place to say it.

I can add a sign-off if that would help, but it sounds like it was the wrong fix. I didn't know the right place to say it, but I figure: If there is a right place, then what is it? If there isn't one, saying it in the git-describe manpage is probably a good step for now.

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  Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>