Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation: fix linkgit references

On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 10:30:09AM +0200, Lars Schneider wrote:

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So I think that's a step backwards. I did check the asciidoctor
rendering on git-scm.com, though, and it gets the {litdd} case wrong. So
I think it does need fixing, but we need a solution that looks correct
in both cases. Maybe linkgit:`git-web--browse`[1] would work; it seems
OK with my version of asciidoc, but I have a feeling it will run into
the same problem with asciidoctor (if it's not respecting {litdd} in
that context, it's probably also not respecting backticks).

I will play with this to find a solution. Would it be an option to
replace "--" with "-"? Why do we need two dashes if they cause trouble?

We use two dashes to signify "internal" programs that users should not
rely on. So "git-web-browse" would be something we'd expect to support
forever, but "git-web--browse" is an implementation detail of one of our
scripts (that just happens to require an extra program).

So I don't think we want to switch away from that convention just to
make the documentation work.

AFAICT, the {litdd} is working fine with asciidoc; it's only asciidoctor
that is the problem. So the first step may be talking with asciidoctor
folks to see if it's a bug, or if they have a recommended workaround.

-Peff