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Re: [PATCH] Mention html doc location http://www.kernel.org in DESCRIPTION

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 30, 2007, 23:44 UTC
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<7v8xc9bf74.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
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> diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
> index c5d02da..c3e1afe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git.txt
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
>  unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
>  and full access to internals.
>  
> -See this link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
> +See[*] link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
>  link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
>  "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command.  CVS users may
>  also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration].
> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
>  The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
>  as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
>  
> +[*] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
> +

This may look Ok in ascii version of the manpage, but looks quite suboptimal in its HTML rendition. I do not know how bad it would be if the manpage is printed (i.e. troff).

I'll replace with this.
-- >8 --
From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:21:38 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] git.7: Mention preformatted html doc location
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 Documentation/git.txt |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c81162e..aa65802 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
 The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
 as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
 
+Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git
+documentation can be viewed at
+`http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/`.
+
 ifdef::stalenotes[]
 [NOTE]
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