From: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/9] fetch doc: remove "short-cut" section
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:46:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <538F313D.90403@xiplink.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1401833792-2486-8-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>
On 14-06-03 06:16 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> It is misleading to mention that <ref> that does not store is to
> fetch the ref into FETCH_HEAD, because a refspec that does store is
> also to fetch the LHS into FETCH_HEAD. It is doubly misleading to
> list it as part of "short-cut". <ref> stands for a refspec that has
> it on the LHS with a colon and an empty RHS, and that definition
> should be given at the beginning of the entry where the format is
> defined.
>
> Tentatively remove this misleading description, which leaves the
> `tag <tag>` as the only true short-hand, so move it at the beginning
> of the entry.
Well that neatly solves the missing empty line problem... :)
M.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-04 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-03 22:16 [PATCH v2 0/9] Clarify two uses of remote.*.fetch Junio C Hamano
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] fetch doc: update introductory part for clarity Junio C Hamano
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] fetch doc: move FETCH_HEAD material lower and add an example Junio C Hamano
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] fetch doc: update note on '+' in front of the refspec Junio C Hamano
2014-06-18 7:56 ` Michael Haggerty
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] fetch doc: remove notes on outdated "mixed layout" Junio C Hamano
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] fetch doc: on pulling multiple refspecs Junio C Hamano
2014-06-04 14:44 ` Marc Branchaud
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] fetch doc: update refspec format description Junio C Hamano
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] fetch doc: remove "short-cut" section Junio C Hamano
2014-06-04 14:46 ` Marc Branchaud [this message]
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] fetch doc: add a section on configured remote-tracking branches Junio C Hamano
2014-06-04 14:55 ` Marc Branchaud
2014-06-04 22:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-06-05 15:29 ` Marc Branchaud
2014-06-05 15:40 ` [PATCH] docs: Explain the purpose of fetch's and pull's <refspec> parameter Marc Branchaud
2014-06-05 22:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-06-11 14:24 ` Marc Branchaud
2014-06-03 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] fetch: allow explicit --refmap to override configuration Junio C Hamano
2014-06-04 15:01 ` Marc Branchaud
2014-06-04 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-06-05 15:45 ` Marc Branchaud
2014-06-05 18:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-06-18 12:21 ` Michael Haggerty
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