* [PATCH/RFC] contrib/examples/README: warn of obsolescence
@ 2009-01-13 0:45 jidanni
2009-01-13 1:05 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: jidanni @ 2009-01-13 0:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
We attempt to give an explanation of the status of the files in this
directory.
Signed-off-by: jidanni <jidanni@jidanni.org>
---
contrib/examples/README | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 contrib/examples/README
diff --git a/contrib/examples/README b/contrib/examples/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b10910c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/examples/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Note that these are obsolete versions of programs now replaced by C code.
--
1.6.0.6
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* Re: [PATCH/RFC] contrib/examples/README: warn of obsolescence
2009-01-13 0:45 [PATCH/RFC] contrib/examples/README: warn of obsolescence jidanni
@ 2009-01-13 1:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-13 1:19 ` [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files jidanni
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2009-01-13 1:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: git
jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
> We attempt to give an explanation of the status of the files in this
> directory.
Yeah, that is a good discipline.
They are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
pieces can be fit together.
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* [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files
2009-01-13 1:05 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2009-01-13 1:19 ` jidanni
2009-01-13 1:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-13 10:01 ` Thomas Adam
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: jidanni @ 2009-01-13 1:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gitster; +Cc: git
We attempt to give an explanation of the status of the files in this
directory.
Signed-off-by: jidanni <jidanni@jidanni.org>
---
contrib/examples/README | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 contrib/examples/README
diff --git a/contrib/examples/README b/contrib/examples/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6946f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/examples/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
+reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
+pieces can be fit together.
--
1.6.0.6
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* Re: [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files
2009-01-13 1:19 ` [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files jidanni
@ 2009-01-13 1:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-13 10:01 ` Thomas Adam
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2009-01-13 1:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: git
Thanks.
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* Re: [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files
2009-01-13 1:19 ` [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files jidanni
2009-01-13 1:48 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2009-01-13 10:01 ` Thomas Adam
2009-01-13 13:43 ` Andreas Ericsson
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From: Thomas Adam @ 2009-01-13 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: gitster, git
2009/1/13 <jidanni@jidanni.org>:
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
> +reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
> +pieces can be fit together.
"... who want to learn how the pieces fit together" is the correct
phrasing. The above is incorrect.
-- Thomas Adam
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* Re: [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files
2009-01-13 10:01 ` Thomas Adam
@ 2009-01-13 13:43 ` Andreas Ericsson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Ericsson @ 2009-01-13 13:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Adam; +Cc: jidanni, gitster, git
Thomas Adam wrote:
> 2009/1/13 <jidanni@jidanni.org>:
>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> +These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
>> +reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
>> +pieces can be fit together.
>
> "... who want to learn how the pieces fit together" is the correct
> phrasing. The above is incorrect.
>
Actually, "can be fitted together" would be correct, as we're not
talking about a jigsaw puzzle with just one solution, but rather
a few possible ways of building something out of the lego-style
programs that make up git.
--
Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se
OP5 AB www.op5.se
Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231
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