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From: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Josh Soref via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
	"René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>,
	"Phillip Wood" <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
	"Josh Soref" <jsoref@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] CodingGuidelines: move period inside parentheses
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:30:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b3b03da0e33b805f1f420a0dc1a19d86@manjaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqedffl13r.fsf@gitster.g>

On 2023-12-21 22:03, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Josh Soref via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> From: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
>> 
>> The contents within parenthesis should be omittable without resulting
>> in broken text.
>> 
>> Eliding the parenthesis left a period to end a run without any 
>> content.
> 
> Nobody seems to have commented on this one in the previous round,
> but quite honestly, for this particular instance, I suspect that it
> may become easier to read if we just lost these parentheses, as the
> next sentence "You do not have to include more than ..." is just a
> bit of extra material to support the first sentence like the one we
> see in the parentheses.  Alternatively, moving that "You do not have
> to" also inside the same parentheses might work slightly better.

I agree with simply erasing the parentheses, it makes the paragraph flow 
much better.

> It might be even easier to follow if we moved the list of "approved
> headers" (and the "You do not have to ... more than one" note that
> supports the "currently approved list") totally out of line by
> making it a side note.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines 
>> b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> index 8ed517a5ca0..af94ed3a75d 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ For C programs:
>>     one of the approved headers that includes it first for you.  (The
>>     approved headers currently include "builtin.h",
>>     "t/helper/test-tool.h", "xdiff/xinclude.h", or
>> -   "reftable/system.h").  You do not have to include more than one of
>> +   "reftable/system.h".)  You do not have to include more than one of
>>     these.
>> 
>>   - A C file must directly include the header files that declare the

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-22  1:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-19  8:41 [PATCH 0/8] Minor improvements to CodingGuidelines and SubmittingPatches Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: move period inside parentheses Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 2/8] CodingGuidelines: write punctuation marks Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 3/8] SubmittingPatches: drop ref to "What's in git.git" Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 4/8] SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-20 15:18   ` Phillip Wood
2023-12-20 15:30     ` Elijah Newren
2023-12-20 16:09       ` Josh Soref
2023-12-20 16:49         ` Elijah Newren
2023-12-20 17:42           ` Josh Soref
2023-12-21 15:09             ` phillip.wood123
2023-12-20 16:31     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 5/8] SubmittingPatches: improve extra tags advice Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 6/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub visual Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-19 14:44   ` René Scharfe
2023-12-20 15:40     ` Elijah Newren
2023-12-20 16:25       ` Josh Soref
2023-12-20 16:39       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 7/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub artifact format Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-20 15:21   ` Elijah Newren
2023-12-20 16:16     ` Josh Soref
2023-12-20 17:00       ` Elijah Newren
2023-12-19  8:41 ` [PATCH 8/8] SubmittingPatches: hyphenate non-ASCII Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-20 15:43 ` [PATCH 0/8] Minor improvements to CodingGuidelines and SubmittingPatches Elijah Newren
2023-12-21 16:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] " Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 16:40   ` [PATCH v2 1/9] CodingGuidelines: move period inside parentheses Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 21:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 21:52       ` Josh Soref
2023-12-22  1:30       ` Dragan Simic [this message]
2023-12-21 16:40   ` [PATCH v2 2/9] CodingGuidelines: write punctuation marks Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 20:57     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 21:46       ` Josh Soref
2023-12-21 21:57         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 16:40   ` [PATCH v2 3/9] SubmittingPatches: drop ref to "What's in git.git" Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 21:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 16:41   ` [PATCH v2 4/9] SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 16:41   ` [PATCH v2 5/9] SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 21:16     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 21:55       ` Josh Soref
2023-12-21 16:41   ` [PATCH v2 6/9] SubmittingPatches: improve extra tags advice Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 21:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 16:41   ` [PATCH v2 7/9] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub visual Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 21:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-12-21 16:41   ` [PATCH v2 8/9] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub artifact format Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-21 16:41   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] SubmittingPatches: hyphenate non-ASCII Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55   ` [PATCH v3 0/9] Minor improvements to CodingGuidelines and SubmittingPatches Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 1/9] CodingGuidelines: move period inside parentheses Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 2/9] CodingGuidelines: write punctuation marks Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 3/9] SubmittingPatches: drop ref to "What's in git.git" Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 4/9] SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 5/9] SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 6/9] SubmittingPatches: provide tag naming advice Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 7/9] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub visual Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 8/9] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub artifact format Josh Soref via GitGitGadget
2023-12-28  4:55     ` [PATCH v3 9/9] SubmittingPatches: hyphenate non-ASCII Josh Soref via GitGitGadget

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