Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:47:53 -0700

Eric Sunshine <[email-masked]> writes:

>> @@ -1118,12 +1118,12 @@ valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
>> -codebase and run `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl installed +
>> -in your system).]
>> +codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl +
>> +installed in your system).]
>
> I wonder if we really need to hand-hold so much to tell people that
> they must have Perl installed, especially since the command being run
> _is_ `perl`. It might be sufficient simply to say:
>
>     ... codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
>
> Anyhow, it's a minor point.

True.  In the original it was a good idea, but once we show the
invocation that is explicitly done with 'perl', we no longer need to
say that.

Thanks.