From: Eric Wong Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 02:12:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] git-svn: don't confuse editors with an apostrophe Message-ID: <20110501021206.GA23269@dcvr.yhbt.net> In-Reply-To: <20110429205130.GA2727@bee.lab.cmartin.tk> Carlos Martín Nieto 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 > > 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 Acked-by: Eric Wong -- Eric Wong