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Re: [PATCH RESEND] git-svn: don't confuse editors with an apostrophe

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
May 1, 2011, 02:12 UTC
Message-ID
<20110501021206.GA23269@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To
<20110429205130.GA2727@bee.lab.cmartin.tk>
Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:28:44AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>  From his reply (adding Ack) I inferred he expected you to apply it.
Oops, I Acked but forgot to commit + push
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> > I suspect that you are talking about syntax highlighting, and some syntax
> > highlighter may be stupid to be confused, but in that case, at least you
> > would need s/editors/some editors/.
> 
> It confuses emacs and vim and I'd be surprised if any weren't, but
> I'll change the message a bit.
I've pushed the patch with the following message:
Subject: [PATCH] git-svn: avoid contraction in usage text

Contractions may be difficult for non-native English speakers. The quotation mark may also confuse syntax highlighting in some text editors.

[ew: reworded commit message]
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
-- 
Eric Wong
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 5 of 5 in “git-svn: don't confuse editors with an apostrophe”
  1. git-svn: don't confuse editors with an apostropheCarlos Martín Nieto, Apr 29, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2011
  3. Carlos Martín NietoApr 29, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2011
  5. Eric WongMay 1, 2011

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