From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add commands that git-gc runs underneath Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:18 +0200 Message-ID: <46D6B45E.4020800@op5.se> References: <46D6984D.9040802@op5.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jari Aalto , git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Aug 30 14:14:14 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IQiuN-0005Su-06 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:59 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759117AbXH3MNv (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:13:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752554AbXH3MNv (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:13:51 -0400 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:42943 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759117AbXH3MNu (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:13:50 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B90194412; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RbyYUBW6SfkC; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nox.op5.se (unknown [192.168.1.178]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1B519441D; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:19 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > >> I kinda like it [listing the commands git-gc calls], and it might be >> helpful if someone's got a large repo and one part of gc for some reason >> didn't complete so they want to start at whatever step it broke off on. > > Let me clarify: I do not like the listing in the man page. This suggests > to the user to delve into plumbing areas where it is all too easy to shoot > yourself in the foot. > I misunderstood. > I have nothing against listing the commands per se. But the man page is > too exposed IMHO. (Or would you like to add the original shell script to > git-log's man page, too?) > > My preferred location would be somewhere near Documentation/technical/, so > that people reading the commands are more likely to understand the > consequences. > > But maybe I'm wrong. > Having read the reasoning, I confess myself convinced. Thanks for clarifying. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231