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[PATCH v2 2/5] doc/diff-options: improve wording of the log.diffMerges mention

From
Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net>
Date
Oct 5, 2023, 09:00 UTC
Message-ID
<20231005090055.3097783-2-stepnem@smrk.net>
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<20231005090055.3097783-1-stepnem@smrk.net>

Fix the grammar ("which default value is") and reword to match other similar descriptions (say "configuration variable" instead of "parameter", link to git-config(1)).

Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net>
---
 Documentation/diff-options.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index ee256ec077be..48a5012748dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ ifdef::git-log[]
 -m:::
 	This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in
 	the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p`
-	is given as well. The default format could be changed using
-	`log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value
-	is `separate`.
+	is given as well. The default format can be specified using
+	the configuration variable `log.diffMerges` (see
+	linkgit:git-config[1]). It defaults to `separate`.
 +
 --diff-merges=first-parent:::
 --diff-merges=1:::
-- 
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  1. 1/5 Fix some typos, grammar or wording issues in the documentationŠtěpán Němec, Oct 3, 2023
  2. 2/5 doc/diff-options: improve wording of the log.diffMerges mentionŠtěpán Němec, Oct 3, 2023
  3. 3/5 git-jump: admit to passing merge mode args to ls-filesŠtěpán Němec, Oct 3, 2023
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  8. 4/5 doc/gitk: s/sticked/stuck/Štěpán Němec, Oct 3, 2023
  9. 5/5 t/README: fix multi-prerequisite exampleŠtěpán Němec, Oct 3, 2023
  10. Eric SunshineOct 3, 2023
  11. Štěpán NěmecOct 3, 2023
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2023
  13. Eric SunshineOct 3, 2023
  14. 1/5 doc: fix some typos, grammar and wording issuesŠtěpán Němec, Oct 5, 2023
  15. 5/5 t/README: fix multi-prerequisite exampleŠtěpán Němec, Oct 5, 2023
  16. 3/5 git-jump: admit to passing merge mode args to ls-filesŠtěpán Němec, Oct 5, 2023
  17. 2/5 doc/diff-options: improve wording of the log.diffMerges mentionŠtěpán Němec, Oct 5, 2023
  18. 4/5 doc/gitk: s/sticked/stuck/Štěpán Němec, Oct 5, 2023
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2023
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