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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/fetch-options.txt: order options alphabetically

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 22, 2009, 11:25 UTC
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<20091022112526.GA7005@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<20091022192152.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 07:21:52PM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote:
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> > Ah, in your defense ;-) I think you looked only at git-fetch.txt without
> > checking where else this file is included.  Then the patch certainly is
> > understandable.  It would probably make git-fetch.{1,html} easier to scan,
> > while making things not worse for git-pull.{1,html}
> 
> Can't we introduce subsections in the OPTIONS section to 
> group them together, like this (sorry, not a patch)?

Yes, that was my first thought when reading this thread, too (sorry, no patch here, either. I need to sleep and then get on a plane).

-Peff
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Message 6 of 7 in “Documentation/fetch-options.txt: order options alphabetically”
  1. Documentation/fetch-options.txt: order options alphabeticallyJari Aalto, Oct 21, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2009
  4. Jari AaltoOct 22, 2009
  5. Nanako ShiraishiOct 22, 2009
  6. Jeff KingOct 22, 2009
  7. Documentation/git-pull.txt: Add subtitles above included option filesJari Aalto, Oct 22, 2009

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