Re: Git is not an acronym

you mean something like Gnu s Not Unix ?

Marc MILLAS
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On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:34 PM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:

> > On 10 Jun 2021, at 15:03, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
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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.
>
> Not harmful, but an acronym which we explain with the acronym itself
> doesn't
> seem like helpful use of page real-estate.
>
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> Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/
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