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Re: [PATCH] gitrepository-layout: No longer first two letters. Also add "down".

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 26, 2008, 21:30 UTC
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jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
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>>>>>> "JCH" == Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
> JCH> If that is the case, please justify why you think it is better not to say
> JCH> "first two letters" the documentation.
> OK, I saw
> $ ls 3d
> 05a66c3..
> 189066f..
> If it were the first to letters, it would be
> $ ls 3d
> 3d05a66c3..
> 3d189066f..
> Ah, you mean it snaps them off to form the directory name?! OK, please
> note that.

If you read the description again, you will notice that the entry explains what these directories are; it is not a description about the files in these directories.

> As far as all your other points and messed up To:, OK, next time I will do better.

When sending the fixed-up patch, please send it in an applicable form. I do not know how you stripped "Documentation/" from the front, but your patch was against {a,b}/gitrepository-layout.txt.

Thanks.
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  2. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2008
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