# [PATCH] Mention html doc location http://www.kernel.org in DESCRIPTION
2 messages from 2007-04-30 to 2007-04-30. Participants: Jari Aalto, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7904
## Jari Aalto, 2007-04-30 11:21
Subject: [PATCH] Mention html doc location http://www.kernel.org in DESCRIPTION
Message-ID:
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/mz0qxg3h.fsf%40cante.net
```
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto
---
While reading the manual page under console, the page is rendered
like below. The problem is than REFERENCES do not include canonical
URL to the root where to reach the mentioned pages.
DESCRIPTION
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
with an unusually rich command set that provides both
high-level operations and full access to internals.
See this [1]tutorial to get started, then see [2]Everyday Git
for a useful minimum set of
[...]
REFERENCES
1. tutorial
tutorial.html
Documentation/git.txt | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c5d02da..c3e1afe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
-See this link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
+See[*] link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
"man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may
also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration].
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
+[*] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
+
ifdef::stalenotes[]
[NOTE]
============
--
1.5.1.2.GIT
```
## Junio C Hamano, 2007-04-30 23:44
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mention html doc location http://www.kernel.org in DESCRIPTION
Message-ID: <7v8xc9bf74.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v8xc9bf74.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net
In-Reply-To:
```
Jari Aalto writes:
> diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
> index c5d02da..c3e1afe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git.txt
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
> unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
> and full access to internals.
>
> -See this link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
> +See[*] link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
> link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
> "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may
> also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration].
> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
> The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
> as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
>
> +[*] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
> +
This may look Ok in ascii version of the manpage, but looks
quite suboptimal in its HTML rendition. I do not know how bad
it would be if the manpage is printed (i.e. troff).
I'll replace with this.
-- >8 --
From: Jari Aalto
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:21:38 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] git.7: Mention preformatted html doc location
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano
---
Documentation/git.txt | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c81162e..aa65802 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
+Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git
+documentation can be viewed at
+`http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/`.
+
ifdef::stalenotes[]
[NOTE]
============
--
1.5.2.rc0.781.g5868
```