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Re: [RFC/PATCH] doc: git-foo was obsoleted several years ago

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 17, 2013, 19:44 UTC
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Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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> W dniu 2013-10-16 23:38, Junio C Hamano pisze:
>> I recall that I wanted to see this change happen myself long time
>> ago,...
>> In short, I personally do prefer to see dashless form at the top of
>> the manpage, if it does not break other things, and there may need
>> changes necessary to avoid breaking other things may to files other
>> than these documentation-proper source files.
>> ...
> I wonder if it wouldn't be better to leave as is, in dashed form,
> ...
> But change this, as we use this command as "git checkout", not
> as "git-checkout".

Yes, that is what I meant by "dashless form at the top of the manpage, if it does not break other things". "man git-cat-file" is one of "other things".

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Message 6 of 6 in “doc: git-foo was obsoleted several years ago”
  1. doc: git-foo was obsoleted several years agoFelipe Contreras, Sep 21, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2013
  3. Jeff KingOct 17, 2013
  4. Jakub NarębskiOct 17, 2013
  5. Antoine PelisseOct 17, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2013

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