From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 00:03:43 -0500 Message-ID: <20130201050343.GA29973@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <7v1ud1gke7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <3f26b82599aa2a45897d345c851fab4751c55810.1359669205.git.john@keeping.me.uk> <20130131223305.GB21729@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20130131230455.GN27340@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: John Keeping , git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano , Matthieu Moy , Max Horn To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 01 06:04:22 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U18nN-0004EE-DX for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:04:13 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750873Ab3BAFDs (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2013 00:03:48 -0500 Received: from 75-15-5-89.uvs.iplsin.sbcglobal.net ([75.15.5.89]:55150 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750787Ab3BAFDr (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2013 00:03:47 -0500 Received: (qmail 17706 invoked by uid 107); 1 Feb 2013 05:05:10 -0000 Received: from c-71-206-173-132.hsd1.va.comcast.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (71.206.173.132) (smtp-auth username relayok, mechanism cram-md5) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with ESMTPA; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:05:10 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:03:43 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130131230455.GN27340@google.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 03:04:55PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Jeff King wrote: > > > Maybe it is just me, but the fact that accessing the manpage is now: > > > > man gitremote-helpers > > > > feels weird to me. I know it technically follows our syntactic rules, > > but having the lack of dash be significant between "git" and "remote", > > but then having a dash later makes it hard on the eyes. > > Yes. I have thought for years that it should be git-remote-helpers, > that "git help" should be tweaked to look for that, and that the > existing gitrepository-layout and friends should be replaced with > redirects. What was the original rationale for the "gitfoo" form? Was it just to visually distinguish command manpages from non-command manpages? I can't remember the origins now. It does seem like it is causing more hassle than it is worth, but maybe there is something I am forgetting. -Peff