| From: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
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| To: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Git is not an acronym |
| Date: | 2021-06-10 13:34:11 |
| Message-ID: | E9BC6FA6-A62D-4E4F-9799-41AB1EE2F135@yesql.se |
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> On 10 Jun 2021, at 15:03, 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.
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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