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Re: [PATCH 2/3] Allow help.htmlpath to be an http: URL

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 28, 2012, 17:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20120628175041.GA4731@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<20120628065623.GB1742@arachsys.com>
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 07:56:23AM +0100, Chris Webb wrote:
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> > This, and "://", both sound sensible.
> 
> I have no real preference between any of the suggestions so far: they'd all
> be completely fine with me. Peff's :// test for a URL is much better than my
> http: prefix, so should replace the latter if we need a test at all, but
> apart from that I don't mind at all.
> 
> Okay, I'll re-send now the :// version I did in response to Peff's first
> email purely on the basis that it doesn't change the behaviour at all for
> existing users who don't set htmlpath at all, plus it's already sat in my
> reflog!

I think the "://" one is my preference. I just looked over your v3 series, and the patches look good to me.

-Peff
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Message 13 of 15 in “A handful of help-related patches”
  1. Chris WebbJun 27, 2012
  2. 1/3 Add config variable to set HTML path for git-help --webChris Webb, Jun 27, 2012
  3. 2/3 Allow help.htmlpath to be an http: URLChris Webb, Jun 27, 2012
  4. Jeff KingJun 27, 2012
  5. Chris WebbJun 27, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2012
  7. Chris WebbJun 27, 2012
  8. Jeff KingJun 27, 2012
  9. Chris WebbJun 27, 2012
  10. Jeff KingJun 27, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2012
  12. Chris WebbJun 28, 2012
  13. Jeff KingJun 28, 2012
  14. Chris WebbJun 28, 2012
  15. 3/3 Add a help format 'usage' to provide brief command usageChris Webb, Jun 27, 2012

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