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[PATCH] Clean weird documentation for 'git var' and 'git

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PVPhilippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2012, 16:45 UTC
Message-ID
<CAGK7Mr7QWrddaRLkr=1h=GYUNtNVOatQF1sj+p11mejzs65u8A@mail.gmail.com>
Here's a patch removing the weird bits. I spoke about in my previous message.
Philippe
Signed-off-by: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt |    9 ---------
 Documentation/git-var.txt         |    9 ---------
 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index cfb9906..eb8ee99 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -88,15 +88,6 @@ for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.

 include::date-formats.txt[]

-Diagnostics
------------
-You don't exist. Go away!::
-    The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
-Your parents must have hated you!::
-    The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
-Your sysadmin must hate you!::
-    The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
-
 Discussion
 ----------

diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index 988a323..67edf58 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ ifdef::git-default-pager[]
     The build you are using chose '{git-default-pager}' as the default.
 endif::git-default-pager[]

-Diagnostics
------------
-You don't exist. Go away!::
-    The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
-Your parents must have hated you!::
-    The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
-Your sysadmin must hate you!::
-    The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
-
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
-- 
1.7.9.5
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