From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73BD61F404 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933922AbeCGWan (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:30:43 -0500 Received: from mail.netzguerilla.net ([217.11.57.120]:45175 "EHLO mail.netzguerilla.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933415AbeCGWam (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:30:42 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.netzguerilla.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A08D100019; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 23:30:41 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at netzguerilla.net Received: from mail.netzguerilla.net ([IPv6:2a00:1828:2000:612::25]) by localhost (sal.netzguerilla.net [IPv6:::1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XYztjyZZ0630; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 23:30:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from [IPv6:2003:dd:ff29:a301:1c94:69ca:ad13:165a] (p200300DDFF29A3011C9469CAAD13165A.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:dd:ff29:a301:1c94:69ca:ad13:165a]) by mail.netzguerilla.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DBBE5100012; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 23:30:39 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=projektwerkstatt.de; s=fckp; t=1520461839; bh=lnqhMDKJdTOn3uGqhSvQdsiT/URVt0MB2vFi5j/aLPo=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=gmRPWU145YeyTY+Q8fA9vsK8PPcrd2Vzkqk18ULT3kSIYWNYSQE8v/27QrKyr6xxf +pH7qSHIs3exve6PBsLKzv3HLBrlnTEA2O8A6YRw2KXGeTcdIUZksLg/xDAAO3btFL ezHtJ1lceTCpeTOad6jNwvPZERevRlnBNXMOk27/gbh1kArzbduxjYf1XMjhKc00jw UEvK6kR9gAQPiMgfeLT0v0m0ngJugCcFK5siWBHUn7LDfCbUVO7kVchiILHMkxijmy qZu4L51WrezxNSB1yN/O6IfPrrL12fVdZTFqlGw+lKCZbW+xyJRSC6ca80e6al3kBI 9j+TtGXDSft4w== Subject: Re: git help clone: questions To: Junio C Hamano Cc: git@vger.kernel.org References: <6ea2b41f-37c3-8540-4763-7688f56fe202@projektwerkstatt.de> From: kalle Message-ID: <81c78c4f-b690-d06c-bb7d-9c65e33777b5@projektwerkstatt.de> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 23:30:39 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: de-DE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org I wrote this, because when it is written about 'reference repository', I consider it not totally clear, which repository is meant, as the option '--reference ' only names one as . For reasons of clearness, I now propose writing "reference repository ". kalle Am 06.03.2018 um 02:36 schrieb Junio C Hamano: > kalle writes: > >> -In the explanation of the option --reference: shouldn't there be >> written '' instead of 'reference repository'? > > "Shouldn't X be Y?" is not an effective way to communicate; it > solicits a "no, the current one is fine." without any explanation. > > If you think X should be Y for some reason, please say "I think X > should be Y BECAUSE Z" instead. Without stating why you think > differently from what those who wrote the current text, it is hard > for people to respond either with "Yeah, you're right---I agree > with Z" or with "No, Z does not hold because..." >