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Re: [PATCH] rebase interactive: Add hint how to continue after 'Unknown command' error

From
David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Date
Jan 6, 2008, 19:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20080106195044.GA24169@old.davidb.org>
In-Reply-To
<5F80ADF7-A68A-4DF3-8453-92B76BC927EF@wincent.com>
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 06:33:32PM +0100, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
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>El 6/1/2008, a las 16:46, Steffen Prohaska escribió:
>
>> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ do_next () {
>> 		;;
>> 	*)
>> 		warn "Unknown command: $command $sha1 $rest"
>> -		die_with_patch $sha1 "Please fix this in the file $TODO."
>> +		die_with_patch $sha1 "Please fix this in the file $TODO. And run  
>> 'git rebase --continue'."
>
>Grammar nit: sentences can't start with "And", so that should really be:

Not true: <http://www.accu-assist.com/grammar-tips-archive/11-07-06_GrammarTip_and-but-conjunctions.htm>

Although, in this case, I would agree that it should just be one sentence with a comma. It's more of a stylistic construct, more common in fiction than technical documentation.

Dave
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Message 3 of 4 in “rebase interactive: Add hint how to continue after 'Unknown command' error”
  1. rebase interactive: Add hint how to continue after 'Unknown command' errorSteffen Prohaska, Jan 6, 2008
  2. Wincent ColaiutaJan 6, 2008
  3. David BrownJan 6, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2008

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