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Re: [PATCH 4/5] doc: use .adoc extension for AsciiDoc files

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M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2025, 20:33 UTC
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 01:56, brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:

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> We presently use the ".txt" extension for our AsciiDoc files.  While not
> wrong, most editors do not associate this extension with AsciiDoc,
> meaning that contributors don't get automatic editor functionality that
> could be useful, such as syntax highlighting and prose linting.
>
> It is much more common to use the ".adoc" extension for AsciiDoc files,
> since this helps editors automatically detect files and also allows
> various forges to provide rich (HTML-like) rendering.  Let's do that
> here, renaming all of the files and updating the includes where
> relevant.  Adjust the various build scripts and makefiles to use the new
> extension as well.

Hi Brian. How about also renaming SubmittingPatches to SubmittingPatches.adoc? This is AsciiDoc according to 049e64aa50 (Documentation: convert SubmittingPatches to AsciiDoc, 2017-11-12).

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Message 10 of 19 in “Convert AsciiDoc files to .adoc extension”
  1. 0/5 Convert AsciiDoc files to .adoc extensionbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2025
  2. 2/5 editorconfig: add .adoc extensionbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2025
  3. 3/5 gitattributes: mark AsciiDoc files as LF-onlybrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2025
  4. 1/5 doc: update gitignore for .adoc extensionbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2025
  5. 4/5 doc: use .adoc extension for AsciiDoc filesbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2025
  6. Jean-Noël AvilaJan 20, 2025
  7. brian m. carlsonJan 20, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2025
  9. Jean-Noël AvilaJan 21, 2025
  10. M HickfordFeb 6, 2025
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2025
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2025
  13. D. Ben KnobleFeb 7, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2025
  16. brian m. carlsonFeb 7, 2025
  17. 5/5 Remove obsolete ".txt" extensions for AsciiDoc filesbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2025
  18. M HickfordJan 20, 2025
  19. D. Ben KnobleJan 20, 2025

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