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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: amended usages of various (sub)commands

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Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 29, 2021, 05:17 UTC
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On 29/03/21 01.32, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>> What about this patch title below?:
>>
>> `Make (sub)command options conform to TD of option parsing`
> 
> "Make X conform" has low information contents (especially when
> nobody knows what the TD is), because nobody would try to make the
> code worse by making things nonconforming.
> 
>      Subject: [PATCH] column, range-diff: downcase option description
> 
>      It is customary not to begin the help text for each option given to
>      the parse-options API with a capital letter.
> 
>      Downcase the first word of some option descriptions for "column"
>      and "range-diff".
> 
> or something like that?
That's what this patch intended to do (from the diff).
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  1. Documentation: amended usages of various (sub)commandsChinmoy via GitGitGadget, Mar 28, 2021
  2. Bagas SanjayaMar 28, 2021
  3. Bagas SanjayaMar 28, 2021
  4. Chinmoy ChakrabortyMar 28, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2021
  6. Bagas SanjayaMar 29, 2021
  7. Documentation: make (sub)command options conform to TD of option parsingChinmoy via GitGitGadget, Mar 28, 2021
  8. column, range-diff: downcase option descriptionChinmoy via GitGitGadget, Mar 29, 2021
  9. Bagas SanjayaMar 29, 2021
  10. Philip OakleyMar 29, 2021
  11. column, range-diff: downcase option descriptionChinmoy via GitGitGadget, Mar 29, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021

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