[PATCH v2 1/1] documentation: remove empty doc files

From: Heba Waly via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 23, 2019, 07:25 UTC
Message-ID: <5cd79e24fe6bde7c5d10e1c2cae660858e3c4051.1571815556.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.412.v2.git.1571815556.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>

Remove empty and redundant documentation files from the Documentation/technical/ directory.

The empty doc files included only TODO messages with no documentation for years. Instead an approach is being taken to keep all doc beside the code in the relevant header files. Having empty doc files is confusing and disappointing to anybody looking for information, besides having the documentation in header files makes it easier for developers to find the information they are looking for.

here's a list of the files removed and if the info can be found in the corresponding header file: 1- Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt -> grep.h does not have enough documentation at the moment. 2- Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt -> sha1-file.c and object.h have some details 3- Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt -> quote.h has some details. 4- Documentation/technical/api-xdiff-interface.txt -> xdiff-interface.h has some details.

Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt            |  8 --------
 Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt   | 15 ---------------
 Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt           | 10 ----------
 Documentation/technical/api-xdiff-interface.txt |  7 -------
 4 files changed, 40 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/technical/api-xdiff-interface.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a69cc8964d..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-grep API
-========
-
-Talk about <grep.h>, things like:
-
-* grep_buffer()
-
-(JC)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b29622d00..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-object access API
-=================
-
-Talk about <sha1-file.c> and <object.h> family, things like
-
-* read_sha1_file()
-* read_object_with_reference()
-* has_sha1_file()
-* write_sha1_file()
-* pretend_object_file()
-* lookup_{object,commit,tag,blob,tree}
-* parse_{object,commit,tag,blob,tree}
-* Use of object flags
-
-(JC, Shawn, Daniel, Dscho, Linus)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e8a1bce94e..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-quote API
-=========
-
-Talk about <quote.h>, things like
-
-* sq_quote and unquote
-* c_style quote and unquote
-* quoting for foreign languages
-
-(JC)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-xdiff-interface.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-xdiff-interface.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6296ecad1d..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-xdiff-interface.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-xdiff interface API
-===================
-
-Talk about our calling convention to xdiff library, including
-xdiff_emit_consume_fn.
-
-(Dscho, JC)

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