{"thread":{"id":"59004","subject":"[PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix --force description typo","startedAt":"2022-12-26T16:56:01Z","lastAt":"2022-12-27T04:46:21Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Kyle Meyer","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"469539","messageId":"20221226165441.126625-1-kyle@kyleam.com","threadId":"59004","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix --force description typo","fromName":"Kyle Meyer","fromEmail":"kyle@kyleam.com","sentAt":"2022-12-26T16:54:41Z","receivedAt":"2022-12-26T16:56:01Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"kyle@kyleam.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1297788?v=4"},"body":"Update the description of --force to use '<start-point>' rather than\n'<startpoint>' to match the spelling used everywhere else in the\ngit-branch documentation.\n\nSigned-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>\n---\n Documentation/git-branch.txt | 2 +-\n 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt\nindex 12c5f84e3b..aa2f78c4c2 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt\n@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ OPTIONS\n \n -f::\n --force::\n-\tReset <branchname> to <startpoint>, even if <branchname> exists\n+\tReset <branchname> to <start-point>, even if <branchname> exists\n \talready. Without `-f`, 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch.\n \tIn combination with `-d` (or `--delete`), allow deleting the\n \tbranch irrespective of its merged status, or whether it even\n-- \n2.38.1\n\n"},{"id":"469545","messageId":"xmqqcz85v4h4.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"59004","inReplyTo":"20221226165441.126625-1-kyle@kyleam.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix --force description typo","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2022-12-27T04:46:15Z","receivedAt":"2022-12-27T04:46:21Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:\n\n> Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix --force description typo\n\n> Update the description of --force to use '<start-point>' rather than\n> '<startpoint>' to match the spelling used everywhere else in the\n> git-branch documentation.\n\nThanks.  This <startpoint> was written in 2017, and all other lines\nthat say \"start-point\", except for one, blame on commits made in\n2019-2022, but they have been inherited from older versions.\n\nApparently we missed to convert this single one for consistency.\n\nGood find.  Will queue.  Thanks.\n\n> Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>\n> ---\n>  Documentation/git-branch.txt | 2 +-\n>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)\n>\n> diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt\n> index 12c5f84e3b..aa2f78c4c2 100644\n> --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt\n> +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt\n> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ OPTIONS\n>  \n>  -f::\n>  --force::\n> -\tReset <branchname> to <startpoint>, even if <branchname> exists\n> +\tReset <branchname> to <start-point>, even if <branchname> exists\n>  \talready. Without `-f`, 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch.\n>  \tIn combination with `-d` (or `--delete`), allow deleting the\n>  \tbranch irrespective of its merged status, or whether it even\n"}]}