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Re: [PATCH] config.c: Expand $HOME and tilde character in core.excludesfile

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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Jan 29, 2008, 07:51 UTC
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On Jan 29, 2008 4:25 PM, David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not that what Jari wrote had much resemblance to GNU ChangeLog format...
>
> What, like http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Style-of-Change-Logs.html#Style-of-Change-Logs
> ? It looked like GNU style to me.

No, all the details are wrong. Just about the only thing in common with ChangeLog format is that he used asterisks as bullets, and a colon to indicate the descriptive text -- but that's simply what people tend to do when making an itemized list in ascii...

-Miles
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  1. config.c: Expand $HOME and tilde character in core.excludesfileJari Aalto, Jan 28, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 28, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiJan 28, 2008
  4. Miles BaderJan 29, 2008
  5. David SymondsJan 29, 2008
  6. Miles BaderJan 29, 2008
  7. Wayne DavisonJan 28, 2008

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