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Re: [PATCH 06/13] Add guide-list.txt and extraction shell

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Feb 24, 2013, 22:12 UTC
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On 24/02/13 14:51, W. Trevor King wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:05:54PM +0000, Philip Oakley wrote:
>> +# Usage: ./generate-guidelist.sh  >>common-guides.h
>
> Following David's recent series, it's probably better to use a
> lowercase 'usage' [1].

I prefer the Initial capital version to suggest the start of a sentence, but I can go with either way.

>                     Also, I'd expect '>common-guides.h' would make
> more sense than appending with '>>'.
My mistake. Will correct.
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>> +/* re-use struct cmdname_help in common-commands.h */
>> +
>> +static struct cmdname_help common_guides[] = {"
>
> This is probably just copied from generate-cmdlist.sh, but maybe it
> would be a good idea to #include "common-commands.h" here?

I was trying to avoid nested includes. Eventually, if the series is accepted, I'd want to refactor the guide generation into the existing command generation so that .h file would then disappear.

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> Trevor
>
> [1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/216961
>
Philip
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Message 21 of 37 in “Git help option to list user guides”
  1. 00/13 Git help option to list user guidesPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  2. 01/13 Use 'Git' in help messagesPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  3. David AguilarFeb 23, 2013
  4. Philip OakleyFeb 23, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2013
  6. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013
  7. David AguilarFeb 24, 2013
  8. 02/13 Show 'git help <guide>' usage, with examplesPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  9. W. Trevor KingFeb 24, 2013
  10. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013
  11. 03/13 Help.c use OPT_COUNTUPPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  12. 04/13 Help.c add --guide optionPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  13. 05/13 Help.c: add list_common_guides_help() functionPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2013
  15. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  17. Philip OakleyFeb 25, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  19. 06/13 Add guide-list.txt and extraction shellPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  20. W. Trevor KingFeb 24, 2013
  21. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013
  22. 07/13 Extend name string for longer namesPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  23. 09/13 Rename everyday to giteverydayPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  24. W. Trevor KingFeb 24, 2013
  25. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013
  26. 10/13 Update Git(1) links to guidesPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  27. 11/13 Add missing guides to list and regeneratePhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  28. 12/13 Documentation/Makefile: update git guide linksPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  29. W. Trevor KingFeb 24, 2013
  30. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  32. Philip OakleyFeb 25, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2013
  34. Philip OakleyFeb 26, 2013
  35. 13/13 Fixup! doc: giteveryday and user-manual man formatPhilip Oakley, Feb 23, 2013
  36. W. Trevor KingFeb 24, 2013
  37. Philip OakleyFeb 24, 2013

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