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Re: [PATCH 01/13] Call it "Git User Manual" and remove reference to very old Git version

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2013, 03:05 UTC
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<20130825030517.GA2882@elie.Belkin>
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Thomas Ackermann wrote:
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> --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
> @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
> -Git User's Manual (for version 1.5.3 or newer)
> +Git User Manual
"User" versus "User's": why?  But I don't care much about this.
Dropping the reference to 1.5.3 is very welcome, since it should help
people to update the manual without fearing that new sections will
fail for people with ancient copies of git.  For what it's worth,
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Previous: Thomas AckermannNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 3 of 44 in “Modernize user-manual”
  1. 0/13 Modernize user-manualThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  2. 01/13 Call it "Git User Manual" and remove reference to very old Git versionThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  5. 02/13 Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  7. Aw: Re: [PATCH 02/13] Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  8. 03/13 Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  10. Aw: Re: [PATCH 03/13] Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  11. 04/13 Use "git merge" instead of "git pull ."Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  14. Martin von ZweigbergkAug 25, 2013
  15. 05/13 Fix some typosThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  16. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  17. Aw: Re: [PATCH 05/13] Fix some typosThomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  18. 06/13 Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  20. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  21. Aw: Re: [PATCH 06/13] Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  22. 07/13 Improve description in "How to merge"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  24. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  25. Aw: Re: [PATCH 07/13] Improve description in "How to merge"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  26. 08/13 Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  28. Aw: Re: [PATCH 08/13] Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  29. 09/13 Improve section "Merge multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  30. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  31. Aw: Re: [PATCH 09/13] Improve section "Merge multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  32. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  33. 10/13 Remove unnecessary historical note from "Object storage format"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  35. 11/13 Remove obscure reference from "Examples"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  37. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  38. Aw: Re: [PATCH 11/13] Remove obscure reference from "Examples"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  39. 12/13 Remove irrelevant reference from "Tying it all together"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  41. Jon LoeligerAug 26, 2013
  42. 13/13 "git prune" is safe nowThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  43. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  44. Philip OakleyAug 24, 2013

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