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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Cc: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
	git@vger.kernel.org,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: add a FAQ
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:09:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqo8stdx43.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200318230030.GA45325@google.com> (Emily Shaffer's message of "Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:00:30 -0700")

Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> writes:

> Not really on topic for this particular paragraph, but there are a lot
> of instances of "Some people ..." - in general, would it be less
> combative to say something like "It's tempting to..." or "It might seem
> like a good idea to..."? That way it feels less like "there are people
> who do X and they are wrong" and more like "X might seem like a good
> idea but it isn't". Or to put it another way, let's attack the bad idea,
> not the people who suggest it.

Thanks for a perspective; I personally did not find that "Some
people do X" accuses them of doing it wrong, but you certainly
have a point.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-19  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-15 22:39 [PATCH 0/1] FAQ for common user questions brian m. carlson
2020-03-15 22:39 ` [PATCH 1/1] docs: add a FAQ brian m. carlson
2020-03-15 23:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-16  0:13     ` brian m. carlson
2020-03-18 23:00   ` Emily Shaffer
2020-03-19  0:09     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-03-19 23:49     ` brian m. carlson
2020-03-19 17:02   ` Shourya Shukla
2020-03-19 23:31     ` brian m. carlson

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