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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git.txt: command re-classification

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 19, 2007, 22:57 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> Also, having:
> 
>    git-am(1)
>           Apply a series of patches from a mailbox.
> 
>    git-applymbox(1)
>           Apply a series of patches in a mailbox.
> 
> looks a bit weird.  Why two commands with almost the same description?  
> Maybe one of them could be relegated to ancillary?  Or even both of them 
> to foreignscminterface?

Because they are almost the same (same command, different interface). git-applymbox is legacy for Linus.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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Message 7 of 10 in “Documentation: revisit command qualification in git.txt”
  1. Documentation: revisit command qualification in git.txtNicolas Pitre, Jan 18, 2007
  2. Documentation/git.txt: command re-classificationJunio C Hamano, Jan 19, 2007
  3. Nicolas PitreJan 19, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiJan 19, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreJan 19, 2007
  7. Jakub NarebskiJan 19, 2007
  8. J. Bruce FieldsJan 19, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2007
  10. Nicolas PitreJan 20, 2007

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