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Re: [PATCH] Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 31, 2013, 23:13 UTC
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<20130131231341.GO27340@google.com>
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Yes.  I have thought for years that it should be git-remote-helpers,
>> that "git help" should be tweaked to look for that, and that the
>> existing gitrepository-layout and friends should be replaced with
>> redirects.
>
> Because of the "git help" look up rules, we cannot have two pages
> that only differ at the dash (or absense of it) immediately after
> 'git'; e.g. one about the concept of 'frotz' in the context of Git,
> i.e. "man gitfrotz", and the other about the subcommand to perform
> 'frotz', i.e. "man git-frotz".  The way to refer to these two pages
> are both "git help frotz".

Exactly. Hence the disambiguating dash-versus-nondash convention buys us nothing.

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jeff King
Message 16 of 32 in “git-remote-helpers.txt: should it be gitremote-helpers.txt?”
  1. John KeepingJan 30, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2013
  3. gitremote-helpers.txt: rename from git-remote-helpers.txtJohn Keeping, Jan 31, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyJan 31, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  6. Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txtJohn Keeping, Jan 31, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  8. John KeepingJan 31, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  10. John KeepingJan 31, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  12. Jeff KingJan 31, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  14. Jonathan NiederJan 31, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013
  16. Jonathan NiederJan 31, 2013
  17. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  19. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  20. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  21. 1/2 Documentation/Makefile: clean up MAN*_TXT listsJeff King, Feb 1, 2013
  22. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  24. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  25. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  26. 2/2 docs: convert "concept" manpages to git-*Jeff King, Feb 1, 2013
  27. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  29. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2013
  30. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  31. Tomas CarneckyJan 31, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2013

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