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| author | Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> | 2013-01-21 20:16:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-02-01 13:53:25 -0800 |
| commit | 48a8c26c625a4d3631c4f614bceb38933e741408 (patch) | |
| tree | 97b1a550b575ecd250370cac842ecba58aa93d87 /Documentation/CodingGuidelines | |
| parent | fe73786b482f11e7a37a269c95d222a384fc5a39 (diff) | |
| download | git-48a8c26c625a4d3631c4f614bceb38933e741408.tar.gz | |
Documentation: avoid poor-man's small caps GIT
In the earlier days, we used to spell the name of the system as GIT,
to simulate as if it were typeset with capital G and IT in small
caps. Later we stopped doing so at around 1.6.5 days.
Let's stop doing so throughout the documentation. The name to refer
to the whole system (and the concept it embodies) is "Git"; the
command end-users type is "git". And document this in the coding
guideline.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 69f7e9b76c..423ea666f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -230,3 +230,8 @@ Writing Documentation: valid usage. "*" has its own pair of brackets, because it can (optionally) be specified only when one or more of the letters is also provided. + + A note on notation: + Use 'git' (all lowercase) when talking about commands i.e. something + the user would type into a shell and use 'Git' (uppercase first letter) + when talking about the version control system and its properties. |