Re: [PATCH RESEND] git-svn: don't confuse editors with an apostrophe

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Carlos MartÃn Nieto <cmn@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> It's not the output of the tool, it's the perl script. It uses the cat
> << EOF trick/method so ...

Ahhhhh (a lightbulb dimly lits, and then explodes).

As it is generally a bad practice to cater to those who edit this file by
changing the output that is served to the end user, _unless_ the updated
output clearly gives a better experience to the end user [*1*], it never
occurred to me that that is what you are doing in this patch.

Yes, the message should be made clearer.

Thanks for an explanation.

[Footnote]

*1* In other words, updating the output to help users is fine.  And if
such a change unconfuses your editor, that would be a nice side effect.
Doing things the other way around is simply the tail wagging the dog.
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