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Re: [PATCH] Fix typos in git-remote.txt and git-symbolic-ref.txt

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Aug 12, 2009, 13:40 UTC
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<200908121540.09784.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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<200908111826.12338.wjl@icecavern.net>
Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 August 2009 01:09:32 Thomas Rast wrote:
> > instances of `--
[...]
> Obviously we want consistency, but--as this sentence shows--there is a 
> difference between an em-dash and a command-line option like --version.

Note the backtick. This is solely about `--options` vs. `\--options`, and I highly doubt anyone would want their em-dashes to be typeset in fixed-width font (that's what the backticks do).

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 5 of 5 in “Fix typos in git-remote.txt and git-symbolic-ref.txt”
  1. Fix typos in git-remote.txt and git-symbolic-ref.txtŠtěpán Němec, Aug 11, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2009
  3. Thomas RastAug 11, 2009
  4. Wesley J. LandakerAug 12, 2009
  5. Thomas RastAug 12, 2009

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