From: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:53:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] doc: commit: unify <pathspec> description
Message-ID: <839aaf51-147f-19b2-514f-bf9b1ea78101@syntevo.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk17wxuev.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On 19.11.2019 7:16, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> +For more details about the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry
>> +in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
> 
> What you added in [PATCH 3/6] (git reset doc) sends a slightly
> different message, i.e.
> 
>      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?