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Re: [PATCH 3/4] git-commit-graph.txt: refer to "*commit* graph file"

From
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 19, 2018, 23:32 UTC
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On 9/19/2018 12:30 PM, Martin Ågren wrote:
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> This document sometimes refers to the "commit graph file" as just "the
> graph file". This saves a couple of words here and there at the risk of
> confusion. In particular, the documentation for `git commit-graph read`
> appears to suggest that there are indeed different types of graph files.
>
> Let's just write out the full name everywhere.
This is a good idea. Let's be specific.
> The full name, by the way, is not the "commit-graph file" with a dash,
> cf. the synopsis. Use the dashless form. (The next commit will fix the
> remaining few instances of the "commit-graph file" in this document.)

The file is literally at ".git/objects/info/commit-graph" which is why I tried to use "commit-graph" everywhere. Why do you think that "commit graph" is better?

Thanks, -Stolee

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  1. 0/4 git-commit-graph.txt: various cleanupsMartin Ågren, Sep 19, 2018
  2. 1/4 git-commit-graph.txt: fix bullet listsMartin Ågren, Sep 19, 2018
  3. Derrick StoleeSep 19, 2018
  4. 2/4 git-commit-graph.txt: typeset more in monospaceMartin Ågren, Sep 19, 2018
  5. Derrick StoleeSep 19, 2018
  6. 3/4 git-commit-graph.txt: refer to "*commit* graph file"Martin Ågren, Sep 19, 2018
  7. Derrick StoleeSep 19, 2018
  8. Martin ÅgrenSep 20, 2018
  9. Derrick StoleeSep 20, 2018
  10. 0/4 git-commit-graph.txt: various cleanupsMartin Ågren, Sep 27, 2018
  11. 1/4 git-commit-graph.txt: fix bullet listsMartin Ågren, Sep 27, 2018
  12. 3/4 git-commit-graph.txt: refer to "*commit*-graph file"Martin Ågren, Sep 27, 2018
  13. 2/4 git-commit-graph.txt: typeset more in monospaceMartin Ågren, Sep 27, 2018
  14. 4/4 Doc: refer to the "commit-graph file" with dashMartin Ågren, Sep 27, 2018
  15. Derrick StoleeSep 27, 2018
  16. Martin ÅgrenSep 27, 2018
  17. 4/4 git-commit-graph.txt: refer to the "commit graph file" without dashMartin Ågren, Sep 19, 2018

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