Re: Git is not an acronym

From: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Git is not an acronym
Date: 2021-06-10 13:03:57
Message-ID: 62025895-edfe-c5ef-2e77-602818e13d08@postgresql.org
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On 6/10/21 7:40 AM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> Commit 651377933e031 cleaned up references to CVS replacing them with Git.
> Replacing CVS with Git in acronyms.sgml seems a bit incorrect though as Git
> isn't an acronym (but CVS is, hence the original item replaced). We also never
> refer to Git with <acronym /> tags. The attached removes Git from the acronyms
> page.

According to the README[1] and reference in the Wikipedia page that our
docs point too, "git" can be an acronym based on context. I don't think
it's harmful to leave it in.

Jonathan

[1] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/README.md

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