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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fallback on _NSGetExecutablePath to get the executable
 path if using argv[0] fails
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 01:42:59 -0600
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Kevin Ballard wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> The section "2) #ifdefs are ugly" of
>> linux-2.6/Documentation/SubmittingPatches explains the rationale.
>
> Might this be worth pulling into git.git/Documentation/CodingGuidelines?

Yes, the example there includes good advice I wish I had received
sooner, and Documentation/CodingGuidelines seems like a good place to
help people find it.  Do you have some wording in mind?