From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
To: Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com>
Cc: jidanni@jidanni.org, gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:43:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <496C9A66.5000909@op5.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18071eea0901130201r41c576e6t7f8c9fda7259e9f2@mail.gmail.com>
Thomas Adam wrote:
> 2009/1/13 <jidanni@jidanni.org>:
>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> +These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
>> +reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
>> +pieces can be fit together.
>
> "... who want to learn how the pieces fit together" is the correct
> phrasing. The above is incorrect.
>
Actually, "can be fitted together" would be correct, as we're not
talking about a jigsaw puzzle with just one solution, but rather
a few possible ways of building something out of the lego-style
programs that make up git.
--
Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se
OP5 AB www.op5.se
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-13 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-13 0:45 [PATCH/RFC] contrib/examples/README: warn of obsolescence jidanni
2009-01-13 1:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-13 1:19 ` [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files jidanni
2009-01-13 1:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-13 10:01 ` Thomas Adam
2009-01-13 13:43 ` Andreas Ericsson [this message]
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