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clean the manual of unnecessary quote marks

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jidanni@jidanni.org <jidanni@jidanni.org>
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Nov 28, 2008, 02:09 UTC
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Gentlemen, sorry to be a bore, but in /usr/share/doc/git-doc/gitcore-tutorial.html there are examples like $ git-cat-file "blob" 557db03 which makes it look like the author is an expert in other things, but not the shell, where $ git-cat-file blob 557db03 would be fine. Do you really type those extra quotes when nobody else is looking? Same even with $ echo "Silly example" >example Let's see, Of $ echo Silly example >example $ echo Silly example>example $ echo Silly example > example I'd pick the latter...

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  1. jidanni@jidanni.orgNov 28, 2008
  2. Sverre RabbelierNov 28, 2008

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