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Subject: Re: Git is not an acronym
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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> On 10 Jun 2021, at 15:03, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.

Not harmful, but an acronym which we explain with the acronym itself =
doesn't
seem like helpful use of page real-estate.

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