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Re: [PATCHv2] Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.

From
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 20, 2017, 18:04 UTC
Message-ID
<1497981886.28187.6.camel@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20161220140226.18456-1-marcnarc@xiplink.com>
On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 09:02 -0500, Marc Branchaud wrote:
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> When auto-correct is enabled, an invalid git command prints a warning
> and
> a continuation message, which differs depending on whether or not
> help.autoCorrect is positive or negative.
> 
> With help.autoCorrect = 15:
> 
>    WARNING: You called a Git command named 'lgo', which does not
> exist.
>    Continuing under the assumption that you meant 'log'
>    in 1.5 seconds automatically...
> 
> With help.autoCorrect < 0:
> 
>    WARNING: You called a Git command named 'lgo', which does not
> exist.
>    Continuing under the assumption that you meant 'log'
> 
> The continuation message's phrasing is awkward.  This commit cleans
> it up.
> As a bonus, we now use full-sentence strings which make translation
> easier.
> 
> With help.autoCorrect = 15:
> 
>    WARNING: You called a Git command named 'lgo', which does not
> exist.
>    Continuing in 1.5 seconds, assuming that you meant 'log'.
> 
> With help.autoCorrect < 0:
> 
>    WARNING: You called a Git command named 'lgo', which does not
> exist.
>    Continuing under the assumption that you meant 'log'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
> ---
> 

Excuse me for bringing this up after a long time. What's the status of this patch? Was it applied?

-- 
Regards,
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
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  1. Kaartic SivaraamDec 18, 2016
  2. Stephan BeyerDec 18, 2016
  3. Kaartic SivaraamDec 18, 2016
  4. Alexei LozovskyDec 18, 2016
  5. Chris PackhamDec 19, 2016
  6. Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.Marc Branchaud, Dec 19, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2016
  8. [PATCHv2] Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.Marc Branchaud, Dec 20, 2016
  9. Kaartic SivaraamJun 20, 2017
  10. Marc BranchaudJun 20, 2017
  11. [PATCHv2 (resend)] Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.Marc Branchaud, Jun 21, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2017
  13. Kaartic SivaraamJun 20, 2017
  14. Kaartic SivaraamDec 19, 2016

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