From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7E71F461 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:10:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726520AbfF0RKk (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:10:40 -0400 Received: from vwp8955.webpack.hosteurope.de ([176.28.35.119]:50068 "EHLO vwp8955.webpack.hosteurope.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726482AbfF0RKk (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:10:40 -0400 Received: from [2001:16b8:5c9f:4300:b800:7b22:1f7c:dc45]; authenticated by vwp8955.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) id 1hgXuw-0005Rd-Da; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:10:38 +0200 Subject: Re: [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable To: Philip Oakley , git@vger.kernel.org References: <20190604173446.2664-1-admin@in-ici.net> <13f99ce6-f856-6554-5c14-1b1838d697d0@iee.org> From: "Dr. Adam Nielsen" Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:10:38 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <13f99ce6-f856-6554-5c14-1b1838d697d0@iee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;admin@in-ici.net;1561655440;a146eb43; X-HE-SMSGID: 1hgXuw-0005Rd-Da Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 25.06.19 13:31, Philip Oakley wrote: > only one minor point... >>> + - For example, a pattern `doc/frotz/` matches `doc/frotz` directory, >>> + but not `a/doc/frotz` directory; however `frotz/` matches `frotz` > > her I misread this as: "but not a `doc/frotz` directory;" > i.e. the leading 'a' is too easy to skim over as is part of the > sentence's prose, so maybe change to a 'baz' lead directory (bar already > having been used below). Yes we could change that. > Have you tried it out on any StackOverflow replies to see if those that > inhabit that zone find it helpful? > Philip I answered one person who had a hard time reading the docs at SO, but he didn't respond and the last time he was online was 2018, so I didn't made the effort to edit my answer with the current version. - What are the next steps? If there are no more responses, does it imply that everyone agrees with this patch? Can we publish it online?