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Re: [PATCH 2/24] Documentation: Add variable-substitution script

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 26, 2010, 20:27 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 19:51, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thomas Rast wrote:
> I would like to make the git-config(1) man page more like the command
> list in git(1) and less like a concatenation of CONFIGURATION
> sections, but regardless, this is a good first step.

Yeah, I think git-config(1) shouldn't have the huge listing either, but that's something for a later series to tackle.

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>> +++ b/Documentation/subst-config.perl
>> @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
> [...]
>> +if (!$rc or (!-r $varlist or !-r $input)) {
>> +    print "$0 --varlist=<varlist> --input=<in> --output=<out>\n";
>> +    exit 1;
>> +}
>
> So the commit message is out of date (the new usage is more clear,
> anyway).

The history makes more sense in Thomas's git repository. I changed the usage in a later commit, but that commit was squashed.

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Message 4 of 14 in “Documentation: refactor config variable descriptions”
  1. 0/24 Documentation: refactor config variable descriptionsThomas Rast, Jul 26, 2010
  2. 2/24 Documentation: Add variable-substitution scriptThomas Rast, Jul 26, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 26, 2010
  5. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2010
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 26, 2010
  7. 24/24 Documentation: include configuration options in manpagesThomas Rast, Jul 26, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2010
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 26, 2010
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 26, 2010
  11. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2010
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 26, 2010
  13. Sverre RabbelierJul 27, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2010

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