Re: [RFC PATCH 2/6] Add bit on extending git to Hacking Git
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- May 17, 2020, 18:34 UTC
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Kenneth Lorber <keni@hers.com> writes:
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> From: Kenneth Lorber <keni@his.com> > > The Hacking Git section of the user manual is the logical place to look > for information on extending Gut, so add a short section of links to > places where that information actually lives. > > Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lorber <keni@his.com> > --- > Documentation/user-manual.txt | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > index 833652983f..2144246444 100644 > --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt > +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > @@ -4049,6 +4049,14 @@ and that is what higher level `git merge -s resolve` is implemented with. > This chapter covers internal details of the Git implementation which > probably only Git developers need to understand. > > +If you are extending Git using hooks, writing new tools, or otherwise > +looking for technical information but not hacking Git itself, the following > +documents may be what you are really looking for: > + > +* hooks: linkgit:githooks[5] > +* attributes: linkgit:gitattributes[5] > +* new tools: linkgit:git-sh-setup[1]
I am not sure if this fits here. It is a distraction to the target audience of this section, no?