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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>,
	Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>, Prem <prem.muthedath@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-push.txt: document the behavior of --repo
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:12:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqfvauhdfi.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cQCf+vKbZ5ydFSNmGCUvmCkQW-DEPhO1JAAap1VorhXsA@mail.gmail.com> (Eric Sunshine's message of "Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:07:19 -0500")

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

>> +       This option is equivalent to the <repository> argument; the latter
>> +       wins if both are specified.
>
> To what does "latter" refer in this case? (I presume it means the
> standalone <repository> argument, though the text feels ambiguous.)
>
> Also, both the standalone argument and the right-hand-side of --repo=
> are spelled "<repository>", so there may be potential for confusion
> when talking about <repository> (despite the subsequent "argument").
> Perhaps qualifying it as "_standalone_ <repository> argument" might
> help.

I didn't find that "latter" too hard to understand (I admit that my
reading stuttered there, though).

I do not think saying "standalone <repository> argument" there would
help very much, because there is no mention of "standalone" around
there.  The earlier part of the sentence mentions "option" and
"argument", so "the repository specified as an argument is used if
both this option and an argument are given" or something?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-28 20:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-26  8:21 git push --repo option not working as described in git manual Prem
2015-01-26 16:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-27 12:35   ` [PATCH] git-push.txt: document the behavior of --repo Michael J Gruber
2015-01-27 19:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-27 22:07     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-01-28 16:20       ` Prem Muthedath
2015-01-28 20:12       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-01-28 20:30         ` Eric Sunshine
2015-01-28 20:55           ` Junio C Hamano

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