Re: [PATCH 4/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: avoid abbreviations

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Jan 9, 2018, 19:26 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZKMKZGWSvPMPHWJ9SeNQSegeiZ3SvMtK+gEYp1dFxYyA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b59bd56a-f88b-a65a-263f-2b6d2f57dd99@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tuesday 09 January 2018 12:15 AM, Stefan Beller wrote:
>>>
>>> - * The command line for those commands that support taking submodule specs.
>>
>> ++ The command line for those commands that support taking submodules
>> as part of their pathspecs[1].
>> ++
>> ++[1] pathspec is an official term according to `man gitglossary`.
>>
>> Maybe?
>>
>
> Yeah, I actually did think 'specification' wasn't a the best fit for
> this (should have mentioned that somewhere) Now, the real term came out :)
>
> Just to be sure, that "[1] pathspec ..." part goes to the end of the
> document doesn't it?

The [1] part was just to highlight it for the sake of this discussion; I would not include it into the man page.

Stefan