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Re: [PATCH 5/5] git-daemon support for user-relative paths.

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Nov 18, 2005, 17:57 UTC
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<pan.2005.11.18.17.57.52.158522@smurf.noris.de>
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Hi, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> DWIM? That's an acronym I don't know.
"Do What I Mean".

It's actually meant to be DMNS ("Do what i Mean, Not what i Say"), but some early AI hackers at MIT shortened it maliciously so that they could claim at least *some* success. :-)

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Message 4 of 12 in “git-daemon support for user-relative paths.”
  1. 5/5 git-daemon support for user-relative paths.Andreas Ericsson, Nov 17, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2005
  3. Andreas EricssonNov 18, 2005
  4. Matthias UrlichsNov 18, 2005
  5. H. Peter AnvinNov 18, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2005
  8. Andreas EricssonNov 18, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  11. Andreas EricssonNov 21, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005

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