From: Ed Cashin Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:02:15 GMT Subject: Re: What is not in git.git 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 writes: ... > > 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: > > > > 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. -- Ed Cashin