From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante•net>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-add.txt: Order options alphabetically
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:29:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bp55uw96.fsf@picasso.cante.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1291229622.11917.14.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu
2010-12-01 20:53 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine•edu>:
> (lacking a commit message to tell me), WHY? [alphabetical]
Quoting <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/162552>
- You read from top to bottom, therefore A-Z.
- GNU project uses it in manual pages. It looks good, it looks
professional, it looks clean. And it works when searching (= no
oriantation problems regardless of tools; even when you print on
paper when you don't have any computerized aids to help your search.).
Jari
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-01 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-01 15:42 [PATCH] git-add.txt: Order options alphabetically jari.aalto
2010-12-01 18:53 ` Drew Northup
2010-12-01 19:27 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-01 19:49 ` Drew Northup
2010-12-01 19:29 ` Jari Aalto [this message]
2010-12-01 19:45 ` Drew Northup
2010-12-01 22:28 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-02 1:36 ` SZEDER Gábor
2010-12-01 22:04 ` Kevin Ballard
2010-12-01 22:30 ` Jari Aalto
2010-12-01 22:45 ` Kevin Ballard
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