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Re: [PATCH] Allow HTTP proxy to be overridden in config

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 3, 2007, 11:13 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0712031113030.27959@racer.site>
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Hi,
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > 
> > [Footnote]
> > 
> > *1* git(7) calls "git" itself as "git potty".  Is this word still used?
> > I also notice that Andreas's name is misspelled there.
> 
> 
> AFAIR I sort of invented that to disambiguate git-the-program from 
> git-the-project while working on writing the program in C. I haven't 
> heard/seen it a lot since then, except on a few occasions where it 
> helped serve that same purpose.
I always spell it "git wrapper".

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Allow HTTP proxy to be overridden in configSam Vilain, Nov 23, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2007
  3. Sam VilainNov 23, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2007
  5. Andreas EricssonDec 3, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 3, 2007
  7. Sam VilainDec 3, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2007
  9. Sam VilainDec 4, 2007

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