git@vger.kernel.org mailing list mirror (one of many)
 help / color / mirror / code / Atom feed
From: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
To: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/6] Documentation for common user misconceptions
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:33:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200120173343.4102954-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> (raw)

This is v4 of a series improving the documentation to cover common user
misconceptions.

I did opt to keep the big commit information section because I think it
provides value when documenting the ordering of the variables.
Otherwise, it becomes confusing to advanced users which options control
what and in what order.

Changes from v3:
* Restructure docs around git-commit(1).
* Improve wording about templating as suggested by Peff.
* Document ordering between user.*, author.*, and committer.*.
* Document the environment variables more thoroughly.

Changes from v2:
* Move author and committer information to git-commit(1) where people
  will look for it.
* Move guidance on user.name format to git-commit(1) as well and mention
  a shortened form of the advice in the `user.name` description.
* Use a parenthetical to describe a "personal name" without contrasting
  it with a username.
* Offer a potential solution for people who want to ignore tracked
  files by recommending a templating mechanism.
* Be slightly more verbose about why memory is wasted with
  http.postBuffer.

Changes from v1:
* Remove parenthetical which was confusing.
* Add two more patches.

brian m. carlson (5):
  doc: move author and committer information to git-commit(1)
  docs: expand on possible and recommended user config options
  doc: provide guidance on user.name format
  doc: dissuade users from trying to ignore tracked files
  docs: mention when increasing http.postBuffer is valuable

 Documentation/config/http.txt      |  8 ++++++
 Documentation/config/user.txt      |  7 +++++-
 Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt  | 26 ++++---------------
 Documentation/git-commit.txt       | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 16 ++++++++++++
 Documentation/git.txt              | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--
 6 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)


             reply	other threads:[~2020-01-20 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-20 17:33 brian m. carlson [this message]
2020-01-20 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] doc: move author and committer information to git-commit(1) brian m. carlson
2020-01-20 17:52   ` Jeff King
2020-01-20 19:22     ` brian m. carlson
2020-01-21 22:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-21 22:23   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-20 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] docs: expand on possible and recommended user config options brian m. carlson
2020-01-20 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] doc: provide guidance on user.name format brian m. carlson
2020-01-21 22:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-20 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] doc: dissuade users from trying to ignore tracked files brian m. carlson
2020-01-20 17:54   ` Jeff King
2020-01-20 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] docs: mention when increasing http.postBuffer is valuable brian m. carlson
2020-01-20 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] Documentation for common user misconceptions Jeff King

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

  List information: http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20200120173343.4102954-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net \
    --to=sandals@crustytoothpaste.net \
    --cc=emilyshaffer@google.com \
    --cc=git@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=gitster@pobox.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox

	https://80x24.org/mirrors/git.git

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).