From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:14:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clean up confusing suggestion for commit references
Message-ID: <xmqqoa2sdnjt.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161010182623.hsczlsfc6oaa2byj@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 11:24:01AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I no longer have preference either way myself, even though I was in
>> favor of no-quotes simply because I had an alias to produce that
>> format and was used to it.
>
> I'll admit that I don't care _that_ much and am happy to leave it up to
> individual authors, as long as nobody quotes SubmittingPatches at me as
> some kind of gospel when I use the no-quotes form.

;-).  

I just do not want to hear "gitk (or was it git-gui) produces quoted
form, why are you recommending no-quoted form in SubmittingPatches?"

I'd say "use common sense; sometimes it is less confusing to read
without quotes and it is perfectly OK to do so if that is the case".