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From: "Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Ackermann via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: fix some typos
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 23:59:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0heSq3q1X8jJqBkHtrTxaxJ4xfw5kQtH+b8GG9OWRXHExt+g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5ff0f31315732_a76d20833@natae.notmuch>

On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 23:26, Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Martin Ågren wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 18:43, Thomas Ackermann via GitGitGadget
> > <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [Snip several typo fixes in Documentation/, all of which I agree with.]
> >
> > > diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
> > > index c151dd7257f..8f77baa678f 100644
> > > --- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
> > > +++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
> >
> > Hmm... This does not match the "doc:" prefix of the patch.
> >
> > > @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ endif()
> > >  check_c_source_compiles("
> > >  #include <regex.h>
> > >  #ifndef REG_STARTEND
> > > -#error oops we dont have it
> > > +#error oops we don't have it
> > >  #endif
> >
> > I don't think this is correct. This omission of the single quote somehow
> > looks like it's done on purpose. I don't build using this system, but I
> > tried making some silly code like this in another file, which I actually
> > do use:
> >
> > #if 0
> > #error might or mightn't work
> > #endif
>
> But this works:
>
> #error "might or mightn't work"

Yeah, I pondered writing something like that. But then I thought I would
also need to write something about how, at the least, it should still be
a separate patch, but also how even if it were a separate patch, I would
probably sort it under code churn (IMVHO).

The error is not really intended for anyone's eyes, at least assuming my
reading is correct. So I refrained from suggesting to Thomas that here's
how you could go about making such a change.

And now I ended up laying out my thoughts anyway. :-) Of course, others
may well disagree with me about this being code churn.

Martin

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-02 23:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-02 17:40 [PATCH] doc: fix some typos Thomas Ackermann via GitGitGadget
2021-01-02 21:53 ` Martin Ågren
2021-01-02 22:26   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-01-02 22:59     ` Martin Ågren [this message]
2021-01-02 23:40       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-01-03 14:50     ` Chris Torek
2021-01-03 14:25 ` [PATCH v2] " Thomas Ackermann via GitGitGadget
2021-01-03 17:06   ` Martin Ågren
2021-01-06  6:05     ` Junio C Hamano

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