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From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bugfix: stop if directory already exists
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:37:24 +0100
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Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> So just another suggestion: Why not put most of the
> documentation in a huge "git" man page?

Becuase it's horrible. I like the fact that they are split up.

> cvs does this (3601 lines
> here), all the shells have huge man pages (bash: 4794).
> We would be in a good tradition ;-)
>=20

We would be in tradition, but not necessarily a good one. Just because=20
some stupid swede let some herrings ferment in a tin can some 800 years=
=20
ago there's really no need to say "surstr=F6mming! What a clever idea!!=
"=20
and actually eat the horrible things.

--=20
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