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Re: [PATCH] git-commit.txt: Order options alphabetically

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Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Dec 1, 2010, 23:40 UTC
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On Dec 1, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Jari Aalto wrote:
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> 2010-12-02 00:49 Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>:
>> You may want to invest in a spell-checker.
>> ... Manaula pages are not primarily used to learn things, they are
>> used as reference.
>> 
>> Most certainly they are used to learn things. Especially with tools like git.
>> Don't know what options you can give to git-diff? Read the manpage!
> 
> That little word "primarily." You don't find anyone who learnt from
> manual page first is person is on his 20's. Google is full of Git
> videos. Guess which won the sexiest contest.

How about me? I'm 25, I've been using git for a couple of years, and the manpages have always been my primary documentation.

The videos are great at convincing people to use git. But people always turn to the manpages in order to learn the details.

-Kevin Ballard
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  1. git-commit.txt: Order options alphabeticallyjari.aalto@cante.net, Dec 1, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederDec 1, 2010
  3. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 1, 2010
  5. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  6. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2010
  8. Kevin BallardDec 1, 2010
  9. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  10. Kevin BallardDec 1, 2010
  11. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  12. Jan KrügerDec 2, 2010
  13. Jari AaltoDec 2, 2010
  14. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2010
  15. Jan KrügerDec 2, 2010
  16. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  17. Kevin BallardDec 1, 2010
  18. Jari AaltoDec 1, 2010
  19. Kevin BallardDec 1, 2010
  20. Jari AaltoDec 2, 2010
  21. Erik Faye-LundDec 3, 2010
  22. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 3, 2010

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