Re: [PATCH 4/6] doc: update-ref: remove confusing paragraph

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Oct 16, 2024, 20:55 UTC
Message-ID: <3af2273a-891d-4179-96c3-865b0e64bf08@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ZxAnO5zH1vtgRvLk@nand.local>

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024, at 22:51, Taylor Blau wrote:

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> I think that it is worth saying that this concept is explained well
> throughout other parts of the documentation, including other parts of
> 'git-update-ref(1)', as well as the glossary content.
>
> I don't think that you necessarily need to mention that here. But at
> least I was initially confused thinking that this patch proposed
> removing the only mention of the special "ref:" syntax for symbolic
> references.
>
> But it does not, so I think that this patch as you wrote it is good.
> Let's keep reading...

You/a reader in general being in doubt is enough reason to mention some other documentation source. I’ll fix in the next version.

And thanks for reading!