{"thread":{"id":"21300","subject":"[PATCH] git-clone.txt: Fix grammar and formatting","startedAt":"2009-10-20T20:38:38Z","lastAt":"2009-10-20T20:38:38Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Björn Gustavsson"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"125521","messageId":"4ADE1FCE.5010209@gmail.com","threadId":"21300","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] git-clone.txt: Fix grammar and formatting","fromName":"Björn Gustavsson","fromEmail":"bgustavsson@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-20T20:38:38Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-20T20:38:38Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"bgustavsson@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74840?v=4"},"body":"Add the missing definite article (\"the\") in several places.\n\nChange \"note to...\" to \"note for...\", since \"note to\" means that\nthat the note is addressed to someone (source: Google search).\n\nChange \"progressbar\" to \"progress bar\" (source: Wikipedia).\n\nFormat git commands, options, and file names consistently using\nback quotes (i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document).\n\nSigned-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com>\n---\nI am not a native English speaker, so if my attempted corrections\nof the grammar is wrong, please correct me!\n\n Documentation/git-clone.txt |   26 +++++++++++++-------------\n 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt\nindex 5ebcba1..7e7d9fc 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt\n@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS\n --local::\n -l::\n \tWhen the repository to clone from is on a local machine,\n-\tthis flag bypasses normal \"git aware\" transport\n+\tthis flag bypasses the normal \"git aware\" transport\n \tmechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of\n \tHEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.\n \tThe files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked\n@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS\n -s::\n \tWhen the repository to clone is on the local machine,\n \tinstead of using hard links, automatically setup\n-\t.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects\n+\t`.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects\n \twith the source repository.  The resulting repository\n \tstarts out without any object of its own.\n +\n@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your\n repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any\n other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the\n source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling).\n-These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit')\n+These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as `git commit`)\n which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].)\n If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,\n then the cloned repository will become corrupt.\n@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.\n \n --reference <repository>::\n \tIf the reference repository is on the local machine,\n-\tautomatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to\n+\tautomatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to\n \tobtain objects from the reference repository.  Using\n \tan already existing repository as an alternate will\n \trequire fewer objects to be copied from the repository\n \tbeing cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.\n +\n-*NOTE*: see NOTE to --shared option.\n+*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option.\n \n --quiet::\n -q::\n@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.\n \n --verbose::\n -v::\n-\tDisplay the progressbar, even in case the standard output is not\n+\tDisplay the progress bar, even in case the standard output is not\n \ta terminal.\n \n --no-checkout::\n@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.\n \tconfiguration variables are created.\n \n --mirror::\n-\tSet up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies --bare.\n+\tSet up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies `--bare`.\n \n --origin <name>::\n -o <name>::\n-\tInstead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track\n-\tof the upstream repository, use <name>.\n+\tInstead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track\n+\tof the upstream repository, use `<name>`.\n \n --branch <name>::\n -b <name>::\n \tInstead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed\n-\tto by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to <name> branch\n+\tto by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch\n \tinstead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will\n \tbe checked out.\n \n@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.\n --recursive::\n \tAfter the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,\n \tusing their default settings. This is equivalent to running\n-\t'git submodule update --init --recursive' immediately after\n+\t`git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after\n \tthe clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned\n \trepository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of\n \t`--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)\n@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.\n <directory>::\n \tThe name of a new directory to clone into.  The \"humanish\"\n \tpart of the source repository is used if no directory is\n-\texplicitly given (\"repo\" for \"/path/to/repo.git\" and \"foo\"\n-\tfor \"host.xz:foo/.git\").  Cloning into an existing directory\n+\texplicitly given (`repo` for `/path/to/repo.git` and `foo`\n+\tfor `host.xz:foo/.git`).  Cloning into an existing directory\n \tis only allowed if the directory is empty.\n \n :git-clone: 1\n-- \n1.6.5.1.2.g310c\n"}]}