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[PATCH 01/17] Documentation: tweak description of log.date

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 20, 2010, 10:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20100820102036.GA10407@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20100820101902.GA10356@burratino>

The markup "'git log'\'s" produces a stray backslash in the produced man page. Removing the backslash fixes it.

While at it, tweak the surrounding description for readability.
Reported-by: Frédéric Brière <fbriere@fbriere.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index f81fb91..72cb2c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1289,10 +1289,11 @@ interactive.singlekey::
 	ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
 
 log.date::
-	Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
-	value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
-	following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
-	See linkgit:git-log[1].
+	Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
+	Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
+	`\--date` option.  Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
+	`default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
+	for details.
 
 log.decorate::
 	Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
-- 
1.7.2.2.536.g42dab.dirty
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