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[PATCH] doc: improve formatting in branch section

From
JJJakub Ječmínek <kuba@kubajecminek.cz>
Date
Jun 29, 2025, 19:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20250629190445.10185-1-kuba@kubajecminek.cz>

The 'branch' section of the git-config documentation was missing inline code formatting and emphasis for the <name> placeholder.

Both changes improve readability, especially when viewed online.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Ječmínek <kuba@kubajecminek.cz>
---
 Documentation/config/branch.adoc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
index e35ea7ac64..a4db9fa5c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ This option defaults to `never`.
 	`git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
 	this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
 	Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
-	If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from
+	If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into _<name>_ from
 	another branch in the local repository, you can point
-	branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
+	`branch.<name>.merge` to the desired branch, and use the relative path
 	setting `.` (a period) for `branch.<name>.remote`.
 
 `branch.<name>.mergeOptions`::
-- 
2.49.0
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  1. doc: improve formatting in branch sectionJakub Ječmínek, Jun 29, 2025
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