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[PATCH 4/6] manual: add some markup.

From
RWRalf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenhues@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 9, 2007, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID
<20071009210310.GF31317@ins.uni-bonn.de>
In-Reply-To
<20071009205755.GB31317@ins.uni-bonn.de>
---
 Documentation/glossary.txt    |    2 +-
 Documentation/user-manual.txt |   10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
index 5645177..fc18744 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 [[def_pickaxe]]pickaxe::
 	The term <<def_pickaxe,pickaxe>> refers to an option to the diffcore
 	routines that help select changes that add or delete a given text
-	string. With the --pickaxe-all option, it can be used to view the full
+	string. With the `--pickaxe-all` option, it can be used to view the full
 	<<def_changeset,changeset>> that introduced or removed, say, a
 	particular line of text. See gitlink:git-diff[1].
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 2b1b324..df482e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ dangling tree b24c2473f1fd3d91352a624795be026d64c8841f
 Dangling objects are not a problem.  At worst they may take up a little
 extra disk space.  They can sometimes provide a last-resort method for
 recovering lost work--see <<dangling-objects>> for details.  However, if
-you wish, you can remove them with gitlink:git-prune[1] or the --prune
+you wish, you can remove them with gitlink:git-prune[1] or the `--prune`
 option to gitlink:git-gc[1]:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ Recovering lost changes
 Reflogs
 ^^^^^^^
 
-Say you modify a branch with gitlink:git-reset[1] --hard, and then
+Say you modify a branch with `gitlink:git-reset[1] --hard`, and then
 realize that the branch was the only reference you had to that point in
 history.
 
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ $ git pull
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the
 branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in
-gitlink:git-config[1], and the discussion of the --track option in
+gitlink:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in
 gitlink:git-checkout[1], to learn how to control these defaults.
 
 In addition to saving you keystrokes, "git pull" also helps you by
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ $ git rebase --continue
 
 and git will continue applying the rest of the patches.
 
-At any point you may use the --abort option to abort this process and
+At any point you may use the `--abort` option to abort this process and
 return mywork to the state it had before you started the rebase:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ $ gitk origin..mywork &
 
 and browse through the list of patches in the mywork branch using gitk,
 applying them (possibly in a different order) to mywork-new using
-cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using commit --amend.
+cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using `commit --amend`.
 The gitlink:git-gui[1] command may also help as it allows you to
 individually select diff hunks for inclusion in the index (by
 right-clicking on the diff hunk and choosing "Stage Hunk for Commit").
-- 
1.5.3.3.g34c6d
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Message 5 of 10 in “Some small documentation fixes”
  1. 0/6 Some small documentation fixesRalf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  2. 1/6 Fix some typos, punctuation, missing words, minor markup.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  3. 2/6 Fix wording in push definition.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  4. 3/6 manual: Fix example finding commits referencing given content.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  5. 4/6 manual: add some markup.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  6. 5/6 manual: use 'URL' instead of 'url'.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  7. 0/6 manual: Fix or remove em dashes.Ralf Wildenhues, Oct 9, 2007
  8. Thomas AdamOct 9, 2007
  9. Ralf WildenhuesOct 9, 2007
  10. Thomas AdamOct 9, 2007

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