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From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Utku Gultopu via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Utku Gultopu <ugultopu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: remove "directory cache" from man pages
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 13:32:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X/ilPZ71woYI5vT+@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.943.git.git.1610124896385.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Hi Utku,

On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 04:54:56PM +0000, Utku Gultopu via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Utku Gultopu <ugultopu@gmail.com>
>
> "directory cache" (or "directory cache index", "cache") are obsolete
> terms which have been superseded by "index". Keeping them in the
> documentation may be a source of confusion. This commit replaces
> them with the current term, "index", on man pages.

This patch looks good to me. There is another mention of the old-style
"directory cache" in the user manual (Documentation/user-manual.txt)
which could probably be removed:

    Note that in older documentation you may see the index called the
    "current directory cache" or just the "cache".  It has three important
    properties:

Thanks,
Taylor

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-08 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-08 16:54 [PATCH] doc: remove "directory cache" from man pages Utku Gultopu via GitGitGadget
2021-01-08 18:32 ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2021-01-08 19:51   ` Utku
2021-01-08 19:52     ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-10  6:58       ` Junio C Hamano

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