Re: [PATCH] Add commands that git-gc runs underneath
Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>
>> I kinda like it [listing the commands git-gc calls], and it might be
>> helpful if someone's got a large repo and one part of gc for some reason
>> didn't complete so they want to start at whatever step it broke off on.
>
> Let me clarify: I do not like the listing in the man page. This suggests
> to the user to delve into plumbing areas where it is all too easy to shoot
> yourself in the foot.
>
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> I have nothing against listing the commands per se. But the man page is
> too exposed IMHO. (Or would you like to add the original shell script to
> git-log's man page, too?)
>
> My preferred location would be somewhere near Documentation/technical/, so
> that people reading the commands are more likely to understand the
> consequences.
>
> But maybe I'm wrong.
>
Having read the reasoning, I confess myself convinced. Thanks for clarifying.
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