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Re: [PATCH] clarify documentation for remote helpers

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MÅMartin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2019, 04:03 UTC
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 23:06, David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com> wrote:
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> -Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating a file under
> -GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until refs can be
> -suitably updated.
> +Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating the full path of
> +a file under under GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until
> +refs can be suitably updated.  The path must end with ".keep".
"under under".

Also -- and I realize this is nothing new in your patch -- "GIT_DIR" should be prefixed with a '$' and that whole path wrapped in backticks so it gets monospaced. In total, my suggestion would be

-+a file under under GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until ++a file under `$GIT_DIR/objects/pack` which is keeping a pack until

Whether what you're saying is actually *true*, sorry, no idea. I just have those nits above to offer.

Martin
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