On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:51 AM, trans <[email protected]> wrote: > == Why do I care? > > I do not like putting extensions on my projects top document files > (README, HISTORY, COPYING) . I have only done so in cases to appease > how GitHub functions. But it's not nice to be forced into something to > appease a development tool. I realize sometimes that is inescapable, > but when possible the development tool should conform to how > developers work, not the other way round. And for decades developers > have been creating README files with no extensions.
I felt this way too for a while, but I eventually decided that if the contents of my metafiles (README, CHANGELOG, etc.) use some actual markup language (I use RDoc, for example) they deserve an extension. I think GitHub does a fine job of displaying README files with no extension. They're rendered as plain text, which is what developers have been putting in them for decades. ~ j. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
