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Re: Git documentation at kernel.org

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 12, 2012, 22:25 UTC
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<20120212222508.GA25619@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:04:23PM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > If there is interest in this, we would be happy to host the
> > documentation. Let me know if that is the case, and we can give it a
> > much better URL than schacon.github.com. However, I tend to think that
> > since the project is hosted[1] at kernel.org, the official documentation
> > site should be there as well.
> 
> kernel.org is probably the most "official" place for developers, but for
> Git users, http://git-scm.com/ is most likely the best entry point. If
> it were not for historical reasons, I think http://git-scm.com/docs/ or
> so would be the most natural URL to host official docs.
Good point. That is probably the best place to host it.

As far as historical reasons, perhaps the right answer is to put the documentation where it makes sense to go _now_, and ask kernel.org to issue http redirects for http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs.

-Peff
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  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2012
  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 10, 2012
  5. Theodore TsoFeb 10, 2012
  6. Konstantin RyabitsevFeb 10, 2012
  7. Ted Ts'oFeb 10, 2012
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  9. Ted Ts'oFeb 10, 2012
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  11. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2012
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  13. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2012
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  15. Jeff KingFeb 12, 2012
  16. Scott ChaconFeb 12, 2012
  17. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2012
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