[llvm] r180589 - Updated GettingStarted.rst so that it references utils/git-svn for git-svnup instead of catting it into the documentation itself.

Hal Finkel hfinkel at anl.gov
Thu Apr 25 18:24:39 PDT 2013


It might be better to have a "contributors' guide" with this kind of thing.

 -Hal

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Gottesman" <mgottesman at apple.com>
> To: "Sean Silva" <silvas at purdue.edu>
> Cc: llvm-commits at cs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:17:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [llvm] r180589 - Updated GettingStarted.rst so that it references	utils/git-svn for git-svnup instead of
> catting it into the	documentation itself.
> 
> 
> The reason I did this is:
> 
> 
> 1. I added said work to the GettingStarted guide originally, so I
> felt like I would not be stepping on anyone's toes.
> 2. In retrospect it does not make sense to cat an entire file into
> documentation, rather one should stick it in the source tree and
> reference it with one line from the documentation.
> 
> 
> If you feel strongly about my doing this I am happy to revert the
> commit. = ).
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 25, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Sean Silva < silvas at purdue.edu > wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Why are we even talking about reverting patches in a Getting Started
> guide? Pretty much by definition if you have commit access (and
> hence can revert) you are not the audience of a getting started
> guide.
> 
> 
> -- Sean Silva
> 
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