From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:16:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] fixup! fixup! fixup! Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1
Message-ID: <7v622baixo.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130201194308.GC12368@google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
>> index c743469..14386ed 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
>> @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
>>  	Flags and parameters to be parsed.
>>  
>>  --resolve-git-dir <path>::
>> -	Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a git-file pointing to a valid
>> -	git-dir. If <path> is a valid git-dir the resolved path to git-dir will
>> -	be printed.
>> +	Check if <path> is a valid `$GIT_DIR` or a gitfile pointing to a valid
>> +	`$GIT_DIR`. If <path> is a valid `$GIT_DIR` the resolved path to `$GIT_DIR`
>> +	will be printed.
>
> Hm, I don't find the old or the new version very easy to understand.  Perhaps the
> idea is something like this?
>
> 	Check if <path> is a valid git repository (.git or <project>.git
> 	directory) or "gitdir:" file.  If <path> is a "gitdir:" file
> 	then the resolved path to the corresponding real git repository
> 	will be printed.

Yeah, sounds much better.