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Re: [PATCHv5/RFC 1/6] Documentation: Preparation for gitweb manpages

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 10, 2011, 21:52 UTC
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > This patch adds infrastructure for easy generation of only
> > gitweb-related manpages.  It adds a currently empty 'gitweb-doc'
> > target to Documentation/Makefile, and a 'doc' proxy target to
> > gitweb/Makefile.
> 
> I tend to agree with your after-three-dash comment that this separation is
> not necessary, it may be expedient while working on the series, but wants
> to be removed once the series is complete.

Also it is a bit of historical remains, as in original patch by Drew the manpage (the AsciiDoc source) was in 'gitweb/' directory.

Anyway, I'll remove this patch from the future versions of this patch series (if there would be need for next version).

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> > ---
> > This commit is not strictly necessary: it only adds "doc" target to
> > gitweb/Makefile, and "gitweb-doc" target to Documentation/Makefile;
> > neither is run when e.g. generating RPM.
> >
> > They are here because they would be here if documentation source was
> > kept along with gitweb script in the 'gitweb/' subdirectory, and to
> > make it easier and faster to test the changes.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 4 of 22 in “[PATCHv5/RFC 0/6] Moving gitweb documentation to manpages”
  1. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2011
  2. 1/6 Documentation: Preparation for gitweb manpagesJakub Narebski, Oct 8, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011
  4. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 11, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  8. Jakub NarebskiOct 11, 2011
  9. 2/6 gitweb: Add manpage for gitweb configuration filesJakub Narebski, Oct 8, 2011
  10. 3/6 gitweb: Add manpage for gitwebJakub Narebski, Oct 8, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011
  12. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2011
  13. Jonathan NiederOct 10, 2011
  14. Drew NorthupOct 11, 2011
  15. Jakub NarebskiOct 11, 2011
  16. Drew NorthupOct 11, 2011
  17. Jakub NarebskiOct 11, 2011
  18. Drew NorthupOct 11, 2011
  19. 4/6 Documentation: Link to gitweb(1) and gitweb.conf(5) in other manpagesJakub Narebski, Oct 8, 2011
  20. 5/6 Documentation: Add gitweb config variables to git-config(1)Jakub Narebski, Oct 8, 2011
  21. 6/6 gitweb: Add gitweb manpages to 'gitweb' package in git.specJakub Narebski, Oct 8, 2011
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011

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