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git package misses man pages

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>, 24105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24105: git package misses man pages
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:03:02 -0400

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On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 03:46:29PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 02:46:23PM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> I suggest to include the man pages into the git package itself. If building
> >> them is a real issue, adding a source and the build phase of git-manpages
> >> to the git package itself could also be an option.
> >
> > I agree. If we continue to not build them from source, it won't make the
> > Git package any more "expensive". We could add the pre-built source
> > tarball as a native-input to the Git package, and re-use the unpack
> > phase from git-manpages.
> 
> I agree too, this sounds like a good idea.

I've attached a patch. Your thoughts?

[0001-gnu-git-Provide-man-pages-in-main-Git-package.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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