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=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,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 587F51F43C for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:56:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751778AbdKMJ4t (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:56:49 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:58480 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751549AbdKMJ4t (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:56:49 -0500 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:60854 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eEBU0-0002zS-3f; Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:56:48 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:56:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Junio C Hamano cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Remove explanation of "--" from several man pages In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > >> > diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt > >> > index aa3b2bf2f..0ae2523e0 100644 > >> > --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt > >> > +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt > >> > @@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ OPTIONS > >> > If `--stdin` is also given, input paths are separated > >> > with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character. > >> > > >> > -\--:: > >> > - Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following > >> > - arguments as path names. > >> > - > >> > >> This also has a similar issue. "--" here is not between revs and > >> pathspecs but is between attributes and pathspecs. > > > > that can already be seen in the SYNOPSIS for that command, it does > > not require further explanation: > > > > SYNOPSIS > > git check-attr [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname... > > Nah. With the same logic you could say --all is already on synopsis > and no need for explanation. uh, that's not what i meant. what i *meant* was that the purpose of "--" was already in the SYNOPSIS (as it appears to be in *all* man pages) to visually show that it is a separator between the first part of the command and possible pathnames. i was *not* suggesting that, if something is in the SYNOPSIS, there is no further need to explain it. anyway, i can see this is a losing battle so i'll let it go. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================