Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] commit-graph.txt: improve formatting for asciidoc

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> When viewing commit-graph.txt as a plain-text document, it makes
> sense to keep paragraphs left-padded between bullet points.
> However, asciidoc converts these left-padded paragraphs as monospace
> fonts, creating an unpleasant document. Remove the padding.

That's completely backwards.

These indented two paragraphs that follow "... the following
property:" do not fall into the same classes of paragraphs as
others.  The way the text version makes them stand out by indenting
clearly show these two are what "... the following ..." refers to.

Perhaps these two would want to become a bulleted list or
something.  

>
> The "Future Work" section includes a bulleted list of items, and one
> item has sub-items. These do not render properly in asciidoc, so
> remove the sub-list and incorporate them into the paragraph.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt | 43 +++++++++++-------------

I said I didn't check if commit-graph-format.txt doc format
correctly, but that does not mean you do not have to ;-).  I suspect
that most of the contents would become monospaced wall of text,
which is no better than the original text and because only the
headings are typeset in different font, the result actually would be
harder to read than the original.

We are not in a hurry to do this during the pre-release period, are
we?  My understanding is that the original text documentation files
will be shipped and installed, and they are adequately readable
(correct me if it is not the case).

Unless we are making the result a lot more readable as the original
text, let's not distract ourselves by rerolling this in too quick
cycles without giving us sufficiently big improvements.

Thanks.