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Re: git help clone: questions

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 6, 2018, 01:36 UTC
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kalle <kalle@projektwerkstatt.de> writes:
> -In the explanation of the option --reference: shouldn't there be
> written '<repository>' instead of  'reference repository'?

"Shouldn't X be Y?" is not an effective way to communicate; it solicits a "no, the current one is fine." without any explanation.

If you think X should be Y for some reason, please say "I think X should be Y BECAUSE Z" instead. Without stating why you think differently from what those who wrote the current text, it is hard for people to respond either with "Yeah, you're right---I agree with Z" or with "No, Z does not hold because..."

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