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[PATCH] git add -e documentation: rephrase note

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Oct 14, 2009, 22:26 UTC
Message-ID
<20091014222628.GK6115@genesis.frugalware.org>

The original note probably wanted to suggest "edit the patch with care", but actually suggested just editing the first characters on certain lines, which is a pretty bad suggestion.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 45ebf87..daa1add 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	edit it.  After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers
 	and apply the patch to the index.
 +
-*NOTE*: Obviously, if you change anything else than the first character
-on lines beginning with a space or a minus, the patch will no longer
-apply.
+*NOTE*: Obviously, if you change the first characters of the lines or
+lines beginning with a space or a minus, the patch will no longer apply.
 
 -u::
 --update::
-- 
1.6.4
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  4. Jeff KingOct 19, 2009
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