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From: "Sverre Rabbelier" <alturin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: clean the manual of unnecessary quote marks
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:25:53 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 03:09,  <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
> $ git-cat-file "blob" 557db03
> which makes it look like the author is an expert in other things, but
> not the shell, where
> $ git-cat-file blob 557db03
> would be fine.

This I will agree with you, quoting blob is silly in this case...

>Do you really type those extra quotes when nobody else
> is looking? Same even with
> $ echo "Silly example" >example
> Let's see, Of
> $ echo Silly example >example
> $ echo Silly example>example
> $ echo Silly example > example
> I'd pick the latter...

But I don't agree here, with echo I do always write the extra quotes
when nobody is looking, I find your alternatives less clear than the
original (with the quotes).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier