clean the manual of unnecessary quote marks

2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page

clean the manual of unnecessary quote marks

From: <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:42

Gentlemen, sorry to be a bore, but in
/usr/share/doc/git-doc/gitcore-tutorial.html
there are examples like
$ git-cat-file "blob" 557db03
which makes it look like the author is an expert in other things, but
not the shell, where
$ git-cat-file blob 557db03
would be fine. Do you really type those extra quotes when nobody else
is looking? Same even with
$ echo "Silly example" >example
Let's see, Of
$ echo Silly example >example
$ echo Silly example>example
$ echo Silly example > example
I'd pick the latter...

Re: clean the manual of unnecessary quote marks

From: Sverre Rabbelier <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:42

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 03:09,  [off-list ref] wrote:
$ git-cat-file "blob" 557db03
which makes it look like the author is an expert in other things, but
not the shell, where
$ git-cat-file blob 557db03
would be fine.
This I will agree with you, quoting blob is silly in this case...
Do you really type those extra quotes when nobody else
is looking? Same even with
$ echo "Silly example" >example
Let's see, Of
$ echo Silly example >example
$ echo Silly example>example
$ echo Silly example > example
I'd pick the latter...
But I don't agree here, with echo I do always write the extra quotes
when nobody is looking, I find your alternatives less clear than the
original (with the quotes).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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