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contrib/examples/README: warn of obsolescence

PATCH/RFC In review [email protected] 4 participants 6 messages Jun 15, 2016

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We attempt to give an explanation of the status of the files in this directory.

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+Note that these are obsolete versions of programs now replaced by C code.
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Quoted 2 lines · [email protected] writes:

We attempt to give an explanation of the status of the files in this directory.

Yeah, that is a good discipline.

They are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how pieces can be fit together.

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PATCH v2 1/1 contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files

We attempt to give an explanation of the status of the files in this directory.

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+These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
+reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
+pieces can be fit together.
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Re: [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files

2009/1/13 <[email protected]>:

contrib/examples/README line 3

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+These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
+reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
+pieces can be fit together.

"... who want to learn how the pieces fit together" is the correct phrasing. The above is incorrect.

-- Thomas Adam

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Re: [PATCH,v2] contrib/examples/README: give an explanation of the status of these files

Quoted 9 lines · Thomas Adam

2009/1/13 <[email protected]>:

contrib/examples/README line 3

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+These are original scripted implementations, kept primarily for their
+reference value to any aspiring plumbing users who want to learn how
+pieces can be fit together.

"... who want to learn how the pieces fit together" is the correct phrasing. The above is incorrect.

Actually, "can be fitted together" would be correct, as we're not talking about a jigsaw puzzle with just one solution, but rather a few possible ways of building something out of the lego-style programs that make up git.

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