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Re: [PATCH] branch: adjust documentation

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DSDragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Date
Feb 29, 2024, 20:09 UTC
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On 2024-02-29 21:02, Rubén Justo wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 11:33:24AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
>> Do not forget that the objective of the larger-picture-revamping of
>> this page is to make the description of each option self-contained.
>> Similarity between -m's description and -c's description does not
>> count as being uselessly repetitive.
> 
> OK.  I was not considering this.

I'd also like to avoid repetition, but if we want to have self-contained command descriptions (which is good), some repetition is unavoidable. In fact, we can see what avoiding the repetition has lead us to in the current state of the git-branch(1) man page.

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Message 26 of 36 in “branch: rework the descriptions of rename and copy operations”
  1. branch: rework the descriptions of rename and copy operationsDragan Simic, Feb 15, 2024
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 15, 2024
  3. Dragan SimicFeb 15, 2024
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2024
  5. Dragan SimicFeb 15, 2024
  6. Rubén JustoFeb 15, 2024
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2024
  8. Rubén JustoFeb 15, 2024
  9. Dragan SimicFeb 16, 2024
  10. Rubén JustoFeb 17, 2024
  11. Dragan SimicFeb 18, 2024
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2024
  13. Dragan SimicFeb 19, 2024
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2024
  15. Rubén JustoFeb 20, 2024
  16. Dragan SimicFeb 20, 2024
  17. branch: adjust documentationRubén Justo, Feb 20, 2024
  18. Dragan SimicFeb 20, 2024
  19. Dragan SimicFeb 28, 2024
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2024
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2024
  22. Dragan SimicFeb 29, 2024
  23. Rubén JustoFeb 29, 2024
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 29, 2024
  25. Rubén JustoFeb 29, 2024
  26. Dragan SimicFeb 29, 2024
  27. Rubén JustoMar 2, 2024
  28. Dragan SimicFeb 20, 2024
  29. Rubén JustoFeb 20, 2024
  30. Dragan SimicFeb 20, 2024
  31. Dragan SimicFeb 15, 2024
  32. Rubén JustoFeb 15, 2024
  33. Kyle LippincottFeb 15, 2024
  34. Dragan SimicFeb 15, 2024
  35. Kyle LippincottFeb 15, 2024
  36. Dragan SimicFeb 15, 2024

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