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Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] fetch-pack: new option to read refs from stdin

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 26, 2012, 17:51 UTC
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<20120326175125.GA9503@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 07:49:59PM +0200, Ivan Todoroski wrote:
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> >So in your case it is putting in a line break, but not actually starting
> >a new paragraph.
> >
> Ah, that's too bad. OK, I guess we have two options:
> 
> 1) Unindent the second paragraph - looks ugly in source but good in
> final output.
> 
> 2) Just merge the two paragraphs into a single paragraph. It's not
> that much text anyway, it doesn't really *have* to be in two
> paragraphs.
> 
> Let me know which option you prefer.

I would do (1). While I (and I suspect other git devs) do just read the source straight from Documentation/*.txt, the formatted output is read by many more people, and should be considered the final product. So optimize for that case.

-Peff
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  25. Ivan TodoroskiMar 27, 2012
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  27. 1/2 fetch-pack: new option to read refs from stdinIvan Todoroski, Mar 24, 2012
  28. Jeff KingMar 25, 2012
  29. Ivan TodoroskiMar 25, 2012
  30. Ivan TodoroskiMar 25, 2012
  31. Ivan TodoroskiMar 25, 2012
  32. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  33. Ivan TodoroskiMar 26, 2012
  34. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  35. 2/2 remote-curl: send the refs to fetch-pack on stdinIvan Todoroski, Mar 24, 2012
  36. Jeff KingMar 25, 2012
  37. Ivan TodoroskiMar 25, 2012
  38. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  39. 0/4 Fix fetch-pack command line overflow during cloneIvan Todoroski, Mar 27, 2012
  40. 1/4 fetch-pack: new --stdin option to read refs from stdinIvan Todoroski, Mar 27, 2012
  41. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  42. Ivan TodoroskiMar 27, 2012
  43. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  44. Ivan TodoroskiMar 27, 2012
  45. 2/4 remote-curl: send the refs to fetch-pack on stdinIvan Todoroski, Mar 27, 2012
  46. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  47. Ivan TodoroskiMar 27, 2012
  48. 3/4 fetch-pack: test cases for the new --stdin optionIvan Todoroski, Mar 27, 2012
  49. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  50. Ivan TodoroskiMar 27, 2012
  51. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  52. Ivan TodoroskiMar 28, 2012
  53. 4/4 remote-curl: main test case for the OS command line overflowIvan Todoroski, Mar 27, 2012
  54. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012

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