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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify information about 'ident'
 attribute
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:30:23 -0700
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"Jan Kr=C3=BCger" <jk@jk.gs> writes:

> The documentation spoke of the attribute being set "to" a path; this =
can
> mistakenly be interpreted as "the attribute needs to have its value s=
et to
> some kind of path". This clarifies things (and also calls the object =
ID a
> hash rather than a name because that might be confusing too).

I'd agree with the first change, but not with the second.  "object name=
"
has been the official name of these hexadecimal thingy for a long time
(see the glossary).