Re: Git is not an acronym - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Dave Cramer
Subject Re: Git is not an acronym
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Msg-id CADK3HHLTWK+1pR7KBT37n=gWVtyM71Y3DhPR5psNPee6Q3ZQmA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Git is not an acronym  ("Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>)
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 09:04, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.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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