Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] doc: commit: unify <pathspec> description
On 19.11.2019 7:16, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>> +For more details about the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry
>> +in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
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> What you added in [PATCH 3/6] (git reset doc) sends a slightly
> different message, i.e.
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> The <pathspec> is used to limit the paths affected by the operation
> (see the entry for 'pathspec' in linkgit:gitglossary[7] for more details).
>
> and I think that was more appropriate than what we see here. You
> are referring your readers to the glossary entry not just for the
> syntax but also the entire concept of <pathspec>.
>
> IOW, it would be needed to drop "syntax" from "about the <pathspec>
> syntax" from here to match the update to "git reset" documentation.
I shortened it even more in V3, I think it's better now?