Re: [PATCH v8 01/12] help.c: refactor drop_prefix() to use a "switch" statement"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 4, 2022, 21:16 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo7wz3e1u.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <patch-v8-01.12-8ae30ce2e80-20220804T162138Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> This means that we'd in principle strip "git-foo" down to "foo" if
> it's in CAT_guide. That doesn't make much sense, and we don't have
> such an entry in command-list.txt, but let's preserve that behavior
> for now.

That makes sense. I guess the previous round of this step tried to say the same thing, but it didn't "click" to me. The updated text does make sense.

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