Re: [PATCH 11/12] documentation: replace Discussion section by link to user-manual chapter

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"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The "Discussion" section has a lot of useful information, but is a
> little wordy, especially for an already-long man page, and is designed
> for an audience more of potential git hackers than users, which probably
> doesn't make as much sense as git matures.  Also, I (perhaps foolishly)
> forked a version in the user manual, which has been significantly
> rewritten in an attempt to address some of the above problems.
>
> So, remove this section and replace it by a (very terse) summary of the
> original material--my attempt at the World's Shortest Git Overview--and
> a reference to the appropriate chapter of the user manual.  It's
> unfortunate to remove something that's been in this place for a long
> time, as some people may still depend on finding it there.  But I think
> we'll want to do this some day anyway.

I agree 100%.  Thanks for taking this bold step.  It is long
overdue.

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