Re: Git is not an acronym

From: Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)postgres(dot)rocks>
To: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: 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 13:08:16
Message-ID: CADK3HHLTWK+1pR7KBT37n=gWVtyM71Y3DhPR5psNPee6Q3ZQmA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 09:04, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> 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.
>

Doesn't seem like a nit worth picking to me either.

Dave

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