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Re: [PATCH 1/2] command-list: add gitformat-loose(5) and gitpacking(7)

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 9, 2026, 18:15 UTC
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<20260909052501.8448-2-taahol@utu.fi>
Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi> writes:
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> Three manpages from sections 5 and 7 are not featured in
> command-list.txt as concept guides or interface manuals.
>
> As easy fixes, add gitformat-loose(5) to 'developerinterfaces'
> and make gitpacking(7) a 'guide'.
>
> That leaves only gitweb.conf(5) which could be added to
> 'userinterfaces'.  However, the manual would then appear
> as "web.conf" in `git help -a` which is just confusing.
> So, perhaps we are better off by leaving it out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi>
> ---
>  command-list.txt | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
Good eyes.  Thanks.
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>
> diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
> index 63ae2a67c9..955eec6e7e 100644
> --- a/command-list.txt
> +++ b/command-list.txt
> @@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ gitformat-bundle                        developerinterfaces
>  gitformat-chunk                         developerinterfaces
>  gitformat-commit-graph                  developerinterfaces
>  gitformat-index                         developerinterfaces
> +gitformat-loose                         developerinterfaces
>  gitformat-pack                          developerinterfaces
>  gitformat-signature                     developerinterfaces
>  gitglossary                             guide
> @@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ gitk                                    mainporcelain
>  gitmailmap                              userinterfaces
>  gitmodules                              userinterfaces
>  gitnamespaces                           guide
> +gitpacking                              guide
>  gitprotocol-capabilities                developerinterfaces
>  gitprotocol-common                      developerinterfaces
>  gitprotocol-http                        developerinterfaces
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  1. 0/2 guides: keep Documentation/Makefile and command-list.txt in syncTuomas Ahola, Sep 9, 2026
  2. 2/2 lint-docs: check the guide list in command-list.txtTuomas Ahola, Sep 9, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2026
  4. 1/2 command-list: add gitformat-loose(5) and gitpacking(7)Tuomas Ahola, Sep 9, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2026
  6. 0/2 guides: keep Documentation/Makefile and command-list.txt in syncTuomas Ahola, Sep 10, 2026
  7. 1/2 command-list.txt: add gitformat-loose(5) and gitpacking(7)Tuomas Ahola, Sep 10, 2026
  8. 2/2 lint-docs: check the guide list in command-list.txtTuomas Ahola, Sep 10, 2026

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