From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit.txt: Order options alphabetically
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:05:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8762vdt7oo.fsf@picasso.cante.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2C3777CB-2DDD-4FF5-842B-23F7EF838611@sb.org
2010-12-02 00:49 Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>:
> You may want to invest in a spell-checker.
> ... Manaula pages are not primarily used to learn things, they are
> used as reference.
>
> Most certainly they are used to learn things. Especially with tools like git.
> Don't know what options you can give to git-diff? Read the manpage!
That little word "primarily." You don't find anyone who learnt from
manual page first is person is on his 20's. Google is full of Git
videos. Guess which won the sexiest contest.
I'm addressing the current audience, this generation, not old farts like
me. Linus, Hamano et all, when computers were Golden age and Z-something.
Jari
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-01 23:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-01 14:58 [PATCH] git-commit.txt: Order options alphabetically jari.aalto
2010-12-01 16:50 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-12-01 17:16 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-01 17:48 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-12-01 18:39 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-02 14:27 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-12-01 19:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-12-01 21:58 ` Kevin Ballard
2010-12-01 22:45 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-01 22:52 ` Kevin Ballard
2010-12-01 23:02 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-02 8:53 ` Jan Krüger
2010-12-02 12:03 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-02 14:23 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-12-02 19:30 ` Jan Krüger
2010-12-01 22:35 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-01 22:49 ` Kevin Ballard
2010-12-01 23:05 ` Jari Aalto [this message]
2010-12-01 23:40 ` Kevin Ballard
2010-12-02 5:35 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-03 12:10 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-12-03 13:03 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
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2010-12-01 15:52 jari.aalto
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