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Re: [PATCH 4/4] doc add: renormalize is not idempotent for CRCRLF

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date
Jul 10, 2022, 22:25 UTC
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On 10/07/2022 23:04, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> writes:
>
>>>> +	This option implies `-u`. Lone CR characters are untouched, so
>>>> +	cleaning *^* not idempotent. A CRCRLF sequence cleans to CRLF.
>>> Lack of verb BE somewhere. 
>> '^' It took me three re-reads to see my mistyping as my head knew what
>> I'd meant to write, I've marked above as a note to self.
>> Aside: Are there any guides / suggestions / how-to's for on-line
>> reviewing that you can recommend o
> Sorry, but I do not know of any good "trick" to fight against our
> common tendency to easily miss trivial typoes and thinkos in what we
> ourselves wrote.  We can be surprisingly blind to what a colleague
> can spot immediately, and that is why it helps to have a thorough
> read-through by a reviewer with fresh eyes.  When I was a more
> prolific contributor, I sometimes tried to read aloud what I wrote
> to myself, both docs and code, and caught silly mistakes before
> sending them out to the list, but I do not recommend it to others.

Thanks. There does appear to be a lack of literature or articles in this area of on-list reviewing

I've not even seen an list of snippets collated from email advice.  Other than the email etiquette's starter for ten on don't top post ;-)

-- Philip

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Message 12 of 45 in “Add some Glossary terms, and extra renormalize information.”
  1. 0/4 Add some Glossary terms, and extra renormalize information.Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2022
  2. 1/4 glossary: add Object DataBase (ODB) abbreviationPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2022
  3. 2/4 glossary: add commit graph descriptionPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2022
  5. Philip OakleyJul 10, 2022
  6. Philip OakleyAug 30, 2022
  7. 3/4 glossary: add reachability bitmap descriptionPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2022
  8. 4/4 doc add: renormalize is not idempotent for CRCRLFPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2022
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2022
  10. Philip OakleyJul 10, 2022
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2022
  12. Philip OakleyJul 10, 2022
  13. Torsten BögershausenJul 10, 2022
  14. Philip OakleyJul 10, 2022
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2022
  16. Torsten BögershausenAug 6, 2022
  17. Philip OakleyAug 8, 2022
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2022
  19. Torsten BögershausenAug 9, 2022
  20. 0/1 .. Add extra renormalize information.Philip Oakley, Aug 10, 2022
  21. 1/1 doc add: renormalize is not idempotent for CRCRLFPhilip Oakley, Aug 10, 2022
  22. Torsten BögershausenAug 10, 2022
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2022
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2022
  25. Philip OakleyJul 10, 2022
  26. 0/3 Add some Glossary of terms informationPhilip Oakley, Oct 22, 2022
  27. 2/3 glossary: add "commit graph" descriptionPhilip Oakley, Oct 22, 2022
  28. Derrick StoleeOct 25, 2022
  29. Philip OakleyOct 29, 2022
  30. 3/3 glossary: add reachability bitmap descriptionPhilip Oakley, Oct 22, 2022
  31. Abhradeep ChakrabortyOct 24, 2022
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2022
  33. Philip OakleyOct 24, 2022
  34. Derrick StoleeOct 25, 2022
  35. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2022
  36. Philip OakleyOct 29, 2022
  37. 1/3 doc: use 'object database' not ODB or abbreviationPhilip Oakley, Oct 22, 2022
  38. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2022
  39. 0/4 Add some Glossary of terms informationPhilip Oakley, Oct 29, 2022
  40. 2/4 glossary: add "commit graph" descriptionPhilip Oakley, Oct 29, 2022
  41. 1/4 doc: use 'object database' not ODB or abbreviationPhilip Oakley, Oct 29, 2022
  42. 3/4 glossary: add reachability bitmap descriptionPhilip Oakley, Oct 29, 2022
  43. 4/4 doc: use "commit-graph" hyphenation consistentlyPhilip Oakley, Oct 29, 2022
  44. Taylor BlauOct 29, 2022
  45. Philip OakleyOct 29, 2022

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