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Re: [PATCHv2 0/8] docs: use metavariables consistently

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Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
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Dec 18, 2010, 16:45 UTC
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On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Mark Lodato wrote:
>> This is a rework of my earlier patch set from March [1], with the following
>> differences:
>>
>> - Drop the patch to commit-tree that makes it accept a tree-ish.
>
> Ah, missed this before.  It is not clear to me why this difference ---
> is it just to be conservative about changing behavior?

Exactly. Junio replied to my original email saying he did not think this patch was unsafe, so if you think the patch is a good idea, I'll re-send it.

>> [1] http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/3/13/25484
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/142078

As an aside, how do you actually find threads on gmane? I can't find anything on Google.

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Message 18 of 19 in “[PATCHv2 0/8] docs: use metavariables consistently”
  1. Mark LodatoDec 18, 2010
  2. 1/8 fsck docs: remove outdated and useless diagnosticMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  3. 2/8 docs: use `...' instead of `*' for multiplicityMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 18, 2010
  5. Mark LodatoDec 18, 2010
  6. 3/8 docs: use <sha1> to mean unabbreviated IDMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2010
  9. 4/8 http-fetch docs: use <commit-id> consistentlyMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  11. 5/8 grep docs: grep accepts a <tree-ish>, not a <tree>Mark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  12. 6/8 docs: use <tree> instead of <tree-ish>Mark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  14. 7/8 docs: use <commit> instead of <commit-ish>Mark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  16. 8/8 describe docs: note that <commit> is optionalMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  17. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  18. Mark LodatoDec 18, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2010

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