Re: [PATCH 7/8] Doc clean: add See Also links
From: Philip Oakley <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:54:47
From: "Junio C Hamano" <redacted>
Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:quoted
Philip Oakley [off-list ref] writes:quoted
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ OPTIONS Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:gitignore[5] +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] +The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile`linkgit:git-config[1]I think linkgit:gitignore[5] is enough. linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] is a very general documentation, it's not clear to the reader which part is intended to be read in complement to git-clean, and indeed, the relevant information is already in linkgit:gitignore[5]. Same for core.excludesfile which is already documented in linkgit:gitignore[5]. Otherwise, I suspect we'll end-up having the transitive closure of SEE ALSO in each manpage ...Concurred. Thanks. --
The improved layout of gitignore in patch 5/8 should cover it. The three links came about because of the initial 'git add' patch 6/8. I'll update (though probably tomorrow night..).