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Aw: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'

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Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Date
Jan 20, 2013, 20:16 UTC
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> 
> If I were to decide today to change the spellings, with an explicit
> purpose of making things more consistent across documentation, it
> may make sense to use even a simpler rule that is less error-prone
> for people who write new sentences that has to have the word.  How
> about treating it just like any other ordinary word?  That is, we
> say "git" (without double-quotes, of course), unless it comes at the
> beginning of a sentence?
>

The widely used books on Git by Scott Chacon or Jon Loeliger (and many others) are using 'Git' instead of 'git' when talking about the whole system. So IMHO it would not be wise to change our internal documentation from using 'GIT'/'Git' to using 'git'. The internal documentation should be a natural continuation of these books by content and style.

- Just my thoughts.

--- Thomas

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Message 1 of 49 in “Aw: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'”
  1. Thomas AckermannJan 20, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  3. 0/6 GIT, Git, gitThomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  4. 1/6 Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  5. 2/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  6. Aw: [PATCH v2 0/6] GIT, Git, gitThomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  7. 0/6 GIT, Git, gitThomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  8. 1/6 Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  10. Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 22, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  12. 2/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  18. 3/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  21. David AguilarJan 23, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  23. Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Jan 23, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  25. Aw: Re: Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  26. 1/6 fixup! fixup! Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  27. 2/6 fixup! fixup! fixup! Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1Thomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  28. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  30. 3/6 fixup! Documentation: avoid poor-man's small capsThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  32. 4/6 Fix places where 'Git' should be 'gitThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  33. 5/6 Add a description for 'gitfile' to glossaryThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  36. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  37. 6/6 Use consistent links for User Manual and Everyday Git; Fix a quoting errorThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  39. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  41. Aw: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Use consistent links for User Manual and Everyday Git; Fix a quoting errorThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  42. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  43. 4/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #3Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  44. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  45. 5/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #4Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  46. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  47. 6/6 Add rule for when to use 'git' and when to use 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  48. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  49. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013

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