From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Suggestion: "man git clone" Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:37:51 -0700 Message-ID: <48AD99DF.5090802@zytor.com> References: <48ACB29C.7000606@zytor.com> <48ACB5F4.3000905@sneakemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?IlBldGVyIFZhbGRlbWFyIE3DuHJjaCAoTGlzdHMpIg==?= <4ux6as402@sneakemail.com> X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Aug 21 18:40:07 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KWDC3-0006X0-Ve for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:39:28 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752544AbYHUQh6 convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:37:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758277AbYHUQh5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:37:57 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:40397 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752386AbYHUQh5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:37:57 -0400 Received: from mail.hos.anvin.org (c-98-210-181-100.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [98.210.181.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by terminus.zytor.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7LGbqTp029848 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:37:52 -0700 Received: from tazenda.hos.anvin.org (tazenda.hos.anvin.org [172.27.0.16]) by mail.hos.anvin.org (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7LGbqSM026919; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:37:52 -0700 Received: from tazenda.hos.anvin.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tazenda.hos.anvin.org (8.14.2/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m7LGbpw6018096; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:37:52 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) In-Reply-To: <48ACB5F4.3000905@sneakemail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8065/Thu Aug 21 08:27:29 2008 on terminus.zytor.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Peter Valdemar M=C3=B8rch (Lists) wrote: >=20 > Sorry man that behaviour is the way "man" works. See "man man". >=20 > $ git clone --help > or > $ git help clone >=20 > work right? >=20 > Peter >=20 > P.S: man, there are puns in that... I know that that is the way "man" currently works. I doubt you find *anyone* who relies on the current behaviour, so I am=20 suggesting changing man. That's why the man author was on the recipien= t=20 list, but you removed it. -hpa