From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:30:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitrepository-layout: No longer first two letters. Also add "down".
Message-ID: <7vmyeilj3z.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <87skoau1su.fsf@jidanni.org>

jidanni@jidanni.org writes:

>>>>>> "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.