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Fox news trying to explain github. (europe.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by irelephant@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But then why use

Term: explanation

and directly below that

"Term"-- explanation

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Oh my gods I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. It's so upsetting.

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[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

For the same reason the whole title is in quotes: American literacy is very poor.

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[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

If it's too correct Americans can't read it.

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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And directly between those: "Term"--explanation (no space after "--")

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[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I think --explanation is the command line switch to output a brief summary of a git command.

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