Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mingw: introduce the 'core.hideDotFiles' setting

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 11, 2016, 08:40 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1605111035200.4092@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlh3hrfu3.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Hi Junio,

On Tue, 10 May 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 9 May 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >> 
> >> > +core.hideDotFiles::
> >> > +	(Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and
> >> > files whose +	name starts with a dot as hidden.  If
> >> > 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/` +	directory is hidden, but no other
> >> > files starting with a dot.  The +	default mode is to mark
> >> > only the `.git/` directory as hidden.
> >> 
> >> I think "The default mode is 'dotGitOnly'" is sufficient, given that
> >> it is described just one sentence before, which is still likely to
> >> be in readers' mind.  But I'll let it pass without tweaking.
> >
> > Yeah, when rewriting this after Ramsay pointed out the erroneous
> > documentation, I wanted to fail on the crystal-clear side.
> 
> Saying the same thing twice in rapid succession does not make it
> any clearer, though.  If you are rerolling anyway, then I think it
> would be better to shorten it to clarify.

Okay, will send out the next iteration in a moment (this is good exercise for my cross-validating interactive rebase, and it is really not all that much hassle for me to send out subsequent iterations).

Ciao, Dscho