Re: [PATCH] Documentation: fix typos, grammar, asciidoc syntax

From: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date: Dec 20, 2008, 21:13 UTC
Message-ID: <200812202213.45029.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <7v3agiy5gs.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano, 20.12.2008:

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> Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> writes:
> 
> > Junio C Hamano, 20.12.2008:
> >> Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> writes:
> >> 
> >> > @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ only the primary branches.  In addition, if you happen to be on
> >> >  your topic branch, it is shown as well.
> >> >  
> >> >  ------------
> >> > -$ git show-branch --reflog='10,1 hour ago' --list master
> >> > +$ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
> >> >  ------------
> >> 
> >> Is this just a personal taste, or a correction to typography?
> >
> > When using single quotes, the manpage displayed backticks.
> 
> It does not seem to do that to me:
> 
>     $ git help show-branch | grep 10,1 | od -bc
>     0000040 146 154 157 147 075 342 200 231 061 060 054 061 040 150 157 165
>               f   l   o   g   = 342 200 231   1   0   ,   1       h   o   u

I get this instead:
      0000040 145 146 154 157 147 075 302 264 061 060 054 061 040 150 157 165
                e   f   l   o   g   = 302 264   1   0   ,   1       h   o   u

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> It does not use ASCII single quote ' (\047) but the result still does
> render well enough to keep anybody who are typing, following the printed
> examples, from mistaking it from a backquote:
> 
>     http://pics.livejournal.com/gitster/pic/00009pk0/g6

Yes, I was wrong, it wasn't a backtick.