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Re: [PATCH v8 5/5] help: respect new common command grouping

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Sébastien Guimmara <sebastien.guimmara@gmail.com>
Date
May 19, 2015, 17:57 UTC
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On 05/18/2015 11:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I cannot exactly pinpoint what bothers me, but "The typical Git
> workflow includes:" sounds a bit awkward.
>
> What does a workflow "include"?  What are components included in a
> workflow?  Are "starting a repository", "working on a single thing",
> "collabolating", etc. components that are incuded in a workflow?
>
> If so, the fact that "clone", "init", etc. are "commands that are
> commonly used in each component of the workflow" is a more important
> thing to say; in other words, the header does not explain what list
> it is presenting the user.
>
> Or does a workflow consists of "clone", "init", "add", "mv", etc.
> that are included in it?  Then it is left unexplained what the
> section headings stand for.
>
> Perhaps something like
>
> 	These are common Git commands used in various situations:
>
> may lessen the uneasiness I felt above.  I dunno.
This sounds better indeed.
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>
> Other than that, this round looks ready for 'next'.
>
> I am not absolutely sure if new dependency on "awk" will not present
> portability issues, though.  So far we only used it in scripts in
> the fringes and only a few tests.
>
> Thanks.
>
We can use Eric's perl version instead of the awk one.
Should I make another series or amend this one ?
Thank you.
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 12 of 12 in “group common commands by theme”
  1. 0/5 group common commands by themeSébastien Guimmara, May 18, 2015
  2. 1/5 command-list: prepare machinery for upcoming "common groups" sectionSébastien Guimmara, May 18, 2015
  3. 2/5 command-list.txt: add the common groups blockSébastien Guimmara, May 18, 2015
  4. 3/5 generate-cmdlist: parse common group commandsSébastien Guimmara, May 18, 2015
  5. 4/5 command-list.txt: drop the "common" tagSébastien Guimmara, May 18, 2015
  6. 5/5 help: respect new common command groupingSébastien Guimmara, May 18, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2015
  8. Eric SunshineMay 19, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineMay 19, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2015
  12. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 19, 2015

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