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[RFC PATCH v2 5/6] doc: Tell config.txt about namespace collisions

From
Kenneth Lorber <keni@his.com>
Date
May 25, 2020, 23:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20200525232727.21096-6-keni@his.com>
In-Reply-To
<20200525232727.21096-1-keni@his.com>

Add a link to the namespace collisions information where git help config only mentioned the issue without supplying any guidance for how to do that.

Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lorber <keni@his.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ef0768b91a..1e819c26f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@ in the appropriate manual page.
 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables.  When
 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
-other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
+other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.  See
+'NAMESPACE COLLISIONS' in linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for guidelines
+to prevent such conflicts.
 
 include::config/advice.txt[]
 

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  1. 0/6 various documentation bitsKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  2. 2/6 Add bit on extending git to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  4. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  5. 1/6 Tell the glossary about core.hooksPathKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  7. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  8. 5/6 Tell config.txt about NAMESPACE COLLISIONSKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  10. 4/6 Include NAMESPACE COLLISIONS doc into gitrepository-layout.txtKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  12. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  13. 3/6 Add namespace collision avoidance guidelines fileKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  14. Abhishek KumarMay 17, 2020
  15. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  17. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  18. 6/6 Add NAMESPACE COLLISIONS reference to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  19. Abhishek KumarMay 17, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  21. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  22. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  23. 0/6 various documentation bitsKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  24. 6/6 doc: Add collision reference to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  25. 2/6 doc: Add bit on extending git to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  26. 3/6 doc: Add namespace collision guidelines fileKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2020
  28. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2020
  31. Kenneth LorberJun 1, 2020
  32. Kenneth LorberJun 1, 2020
  33. 4/6 doc: Add collision doc to gitrepository-layout.txtKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  34. 1/6 doc: Tell the glossary about core.hooksPathKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2020
  36. Kenneth LorberMay 27, 2020
  37. Kenneth LorberMay 27, 2020
  38. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2020
  39. 5/6 doc: Tell config.txt about namespace collisionsKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  40. 0/2 update glossary hooks entryKenneth Lorber, May 31, 2020
  41. 1/2 doc: Tell the glossary about core.hooksPathKenneth Lorber, May 31, 2020
  42. 2/2 doc: remove dated info and refs to sample hooksKenneth Lorber, May 31, 2020

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