Re: [PATCH] diffcore-pickaxe doc: document -S and -G properly

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 14, 2013, 19:41 UTC
Message-ID: <7vhai5ic2k.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130514192909.GQ3657@google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

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> Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>
>> Should we mention in the -S documentation that temporary shell script
>> is the way to get multi-line input?
>
> No, because for almost everyone it isn't.
>
> An example in the EXAMPLES section including an aside that you might
> have to hit ^V to enter a tab could be useful, though.

Or document it as "for scripter's use", which it is.