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Re: [PATCH 6/8] Documentation/notes: simplify treatment of default display refs

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
May 12, 2010, 10:50 UTC
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<20100512105002.GB17740@progeny.tock>
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Jeff King wrote:
> Searching
> for "conflict" even in just a list of options should come up with
> "merge.conflictstyle", and I had always intended for such a gitconfig.5
> to have a full list.
Makes sense.  So the breakdown of that page might be
  Synopsis
  Description
    Syntax
  Configuration items
    Sections
    Index
  Core configuration
  Identity
  Suppressing advice
  Command aliases
  Colored output
  Paginated output
  Examples
  See also

with the index listing all configuration items, with a short phrase describing each.

To keep this maintainable, I would like to have a single source file with a short and long description for each configuration item. Then a script would process it into an index and snippets for the relevant command pages.

I’m anxious to get started. Thanks for the pointers. Jonathan

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  1. 0/8 filling out the notes man pageJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  2. 1/8 Documentation/notes: document format of notes treesJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  3. Jeff KingMay 9, 2010
  4. 2/8 Documentation/notes: describe content of notes blobsJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  5. 3/8 Documentation/notes: add configuration sectionJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  6. 4/8 Documentation/notes: simplify treatment of default notes refJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  7. Thomas RastMay 12, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederMay 12, 2010
  9. 5/8 Documentation/log: add a CONFIGURATION sectionJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  10. Jeff KingMay 9, 2010
  11. 6/8 Documentation/notes: simplify treatment of default display refsJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  12. Jeff KingMay 9, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederMay 9, 2010
  14. Jeff KingMay 10, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederMay 12, 2010
  16. Jeff KingMay 12, 2010
  17. 7/8 Documentation/notes: clean up description of rewriting configurationJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  18. 8/8 Documentation/notes: nitpicksJonathan Nieder, May 9, 2010
  19. Johan HerlandMay 10, 2010
  20. Thomas RastMay 12, 2010
  21. Documentation/notes: fill out the man page a littleJonathan Nieder, May 12, 2010

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