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From: Stephen & Linda Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] How to keep a project's canonical history correct.
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 21:01:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4639676.GfT2sDDHtN@thunderbird> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1399615721-566-1-git-send-email-ischis2@cox.net

On Friday, May 09, 2014 02:05:44 PM Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I needed a few tweaks on top while queuing.  You will find the
> result on 'pu' after I push it out.
> 
> In addition to one typofix ("because" lacking "c"), here are what I
> did:
> 
>  - Typeset concrete command e.g. `git pull` in monospace.
> 
>  - The second and subsequent paragraphs continued with "+" need to
>    be flushed to the left; leaving them indented will format them in
>    monospace (see "with `git pull --rebase` or something").
> 
>  - Be more explicit in describing 'trunk' being 'the first-parent
>    chain' in the text.
> 
>  - Refer to a newer article that discusses this exact topic.
> 
>  - De-emphasize 'fix-bug-12345' in "Merge fix-bug-12345" log message.
> 
>  - Describe what the final history illustration shows.
> 
> 
> Unless you have objections to the below (or suggestions for better
> alternatives), there is no need to resend the patch.
> 

I like the changes.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-10  3:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-07 15:40 Beginner question on "Pull is mostly evil" Jim Garrison
2014-05-07 16:20 ` David Kastrup
2014-05-07 17:04 ` Jeff King
2014-05-07 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 20:30   ` Jim Garrison
2014-05-07 20:51     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-08  0:45     ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2014-05-09  6:08   ` [PATCH] How to keep a project's canonical history correct Stephen P. Smith
2014-05-09 13:41     ` Stephen Smith
2014-05-09 21:05     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-10  4:01     ` Stephen & Linda Smith [this message]

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