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Re: [PATCH] git-fetch: more terse fetch output

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Nov 3, 2007, 22:48 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.0.999.0711031546110.15101@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:
> 
> How many grams in a kilogram ? How many meters in a kilometer ? How many
> joule in a kilojoule ? ... How many bytes in a kilobyte ? Oh wait...
How many 'u's in the word "colour"?
Oh, wait - it depends on context, doesn't it?

kB is 1024 bytes. The fact that "k" means something else in other contexts is simply irrelevant.

			Linus
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  1. git-fetch: more terse fetch outputNicolas Pitre, Nov 3, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsNov 3, 2007
  4. Nicolas PitreNov 3, 2007
  5. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreNov 3, 2007
  7. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  8. Pierre HabouzitNov 3, 2007
  9. Jakub NarebskiNov 3, 2007
  10. Linus TorvaldsNov 3, 2007
  11. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 4, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2007
  14. David BrownNov 4, 2007
  15. Robin RosenbergNov 4, 2007
  16. Linus TorvaldsNov 3, 2007
  17. Steffen ProhaskaNov 4, 2007
  18. Jeff KingNov 4, 2007
  19. Johannes SchindelinNov 4, 2007
  20. Pierre HabouzitNov 4, 2007

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