Re: [PATCH 7/9] doc: git-log: convert pretty formats to new doc format

From: Jean-Noël AVILA <jn.avila@free.fr>
Date: Jul 6, 2025, 15:07 UTC
Message-ID: <13797374.uLZWGnKmhe@cayenne>
In-Reply-To: <bbaabac0-7832-40f3-b661-e9681cfdfa82@app.fastmail.com>

On Friday, 4 July 2025 23:39:31 CEST Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 4, 2025, at 22:43, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> > Has using `␣` to denote SP in verbatim code blocks been considered
> > by anyone?
> 
> Bad example to associate with ` -> ` (␣->␣). But it could work for some
> things like `:␣` in git-interpret-trailers(1).

That's one issue when doing the conversion to the new format, mainly because sometimes back-quoting the commands does not enclose them in a frame that would preserve the spaces in the manpage format, what was done at git-scm.com.

However, using `␣` everywhere might be a bit overweight. It would be reserved to places where spotting the space character is difficult

Thanks

JN