[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Help poor git-n00b users to git-clone ffmpeg

Stefano Sabatini stefano.sabatini-lala
Fri Feb 4 11:40:28 CET 2011


On date Friday 2011-02-04 00:50:54 -0900, Lou Logan encoded:
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:25:09 +0100
> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> 
> > On date Thursday 2011-02-03 15:55:36 -0900, Lou Logan encoded:
> > > On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 01:46:29 +0100
> > > Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Index: src/download
> > > > ===================================================================
> > > > --- src/download	(revision 540)
> > > > +++ src/download	(working copy)
> > > > @@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
> > > >  </tbody>
> > > >  </table>
> > > >  
> > > > +<p>
> > > > +In order to use the standard Git client to check out the source
> 
> I would prefer something like:
> 
> To use Git to retrieve the source code:
> 
> It's a nit but shorter and more clear in my opinion. Sorry, I meant to
> mention this in my first message. Otherwise the HTML structure looks
> good to me with the update.

What about:

To use the standard Git client to retrieve the source code:

or

You can retrieve the source code with the standard Git client with the
command:

this should make the point that you actually *need* a Git client for
doing that.

But then there are infinite variants and I'll let others (especially
English speaker) have the last word.
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