From: "Jean-Noël AVILA" <jn.avila@free.fr>
To: "Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>,
"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] doc: rework CodingGuidelines with new formatting rules
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 18:36:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12414787.O9o76ZdvQC@cayenne> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSzqUcTfnHBFTQWxjMbUZQBKahpD7eafmL=QvUDYtXTpw@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday, 29 March 2024 19:42:28 CET Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 7:19 AM Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Literal and placeholder formatting is more heavily enforced, with some
> > asciidoc magic. Basically, the markup is preserved everywhere.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/
CodingGuidelines
> > @@ -682,68 +682,118 @@ Writing Documentation:
> > If a placeholder has multiple words, they are separated by dashes:
> > - <new-branch-name>
> > - --template=<template-directory>
> > + _<new-branch-name>_
> > + _<template-directory>_
>
> Having two separate examples made sense in the original because it was
> illustrating a standalone placeholder versus a placeholder coupled
> with some literal text ("--template="). However, in the revised hunk,
> there is no reason to use both "_<new-branch-name>_" and
> "_<template-directory>_" as examples; the reader does not learn
> anything new from the second example which couldn't be learned from
> the first. As such, I'd drop the latter example.
>
A few examples don't hurt. Anyway, if I have to reroll a v3, I'll remove
_<template-directory>_ which would be better located in the next paragraph.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-30 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-24 22:18 [PATCH 0/4] Doc new guidelines Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-24 22:18 ` [PATCH 1/4] doc: rework CodingGuidelines with new formatting rules Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-24 22:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] doc: allow literal and emphasis format in doc vs help tests Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-28 10:06 ` Jeff King
2024-03-28 10:21 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-03-24 22:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] doc: git-init: apply new documentation formatting guidelines Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-26 20:18 ` Martin Ågren
2024-03-26 20:26 ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2024-03-24 22:18 ` [PATCH 4/4] doc: git-clone: apply new documentation guidelines Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-26 20:03 ` Martin Ågren
2024-03-26 20:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-03-26 20:49 ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2024-03-26 20:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-03-29 11:19 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Doc new guidelines Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-29 11:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] doc: rework CodingGuidelines with new formatting rules Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-29 18:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-03-30 17:36 ` Jean-Noël AVILA [this message]
2024-03-29 11:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] doc: allow literal and emphasis format in doc vs help tests Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-29 11:19 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] doc: git-init: apply new documentation formatting guidelines Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-29 11:19 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] doc: git-clone: " Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2024-03-29 11:19 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] doc: git-clone: do not autoreference the manpage in itself Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
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