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Re: [PATCH] diffcore-pickaxe doc: document -S and -G properly

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
May 14, 2013, 19:29 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Should we mention in the -S documentation that temporary shell script
> is the way to get multi-line input?
No, because for almost everyone it isn't.

An example in the EXAMPLES section including an aside that you might have to hit ^V to enter a tab could be useful, though.

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