From: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:34:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitmodules.txt: fix 'GIT_WORK_TREE' variable name
Message-ID: <CAN0heSq8Hkq43mn06o_vxQD_FW3zSg5YSFDAtuONsFAvbNiNuA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5ff0ef1332a66_a76d2086d@natae.notmuch>

On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 23:09, Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Martin Ågren wrote:

> > Good catch! I wonder what we should conclude from this having gone
> > unreported for so long.
>
> That perhaps not that many people actually read the official
> documentation?
>
> I've noticed the common response RTFM is not that common anymore. A lot
> of people seem to rely on Stack Overflow, blogs, and some semi-official
> documentation (GitHub, Atlassian, etc.).

Hmm, now that you say it, I think that matches my impression. There was
a time when that seemed to be a really "in" answer, if not always
entirely friendly. You're right that it seems to be quite a bit less
common today.

Martin