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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Modify description file to say what this file is

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2009, 00:16 UTC
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John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> writes:
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> 2009/2/18 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
>
> Btw, google seems to show other programs using the description file,
> not just gitweb.  How about changing it to "Unnamed repository: edit
> the file 'description' to name the repository" ?
Sure.

I also think "edit this file 'description' to name..." (not "the", but "this") would give a bit more hint to a user with a better intuition that the message is not something that is given by an individual program (e.g. gitweb or the sample hook) but is a product of catting a file that exists somewhere in the repository in question, and may reduce unnecessary requests for help saying "The program tells me to edit 'description' file, but where should I *create* one?"

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