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[PATCH v2] doc: fix conjoined maintenance strategies in git-config(1)

From
Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>
Date
Sep 10, 2026, 06:52 UTC
Message-ID
<20260910-maintenance-doc-bullet-fix-v2-1-3ed1c75e24b2@brighamcampbell.com>
In-Reply-To
<20260907-maintenance-doc-bullet-fix-v1-1-dc08dbe61a82@brighamcampbell.com>

Fix conjoined bullet items for the maintenance strategies in git-config(1). Reportedly, asciidoctor renders this document correctly both before and after this patch. asciidoc renders it correctly only _after_ this patch.

Signed-off-by: Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>
---
I wouldn't normally spin a v2 this quickly, but Jun specifically asked
for v2 on a thread on the "what's cooking" news.

Patrick, Kristoffer, if this revision is to your liking, I'd appreciate an Acked-by from either of you. If not, please let me know what to change for v3.

Changes in v2:
- Tweak commit message wording
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260907-maintenance-doc-bullet-fix-v1-1-dc08dbe61a82@brighamcampbell.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc b/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc
index da8be9f812..c778ab09ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ The possible strategies are:
 This repacking strategy is a full replacement for the `gc` strategy and is
 recommended for large repositories. This is the default strategy for manual
 maintenance.
++
 * `incremental`: This setting optimizes for performing small maintenance
   activities that do not delete any data. This does not schedule the `gc`
   task, but runs the `prefetch` and `commit-graph` tasks hourly, the

---
base-commit: 3cb9185f65410273787f74333cc027d2ea5daada
change-id: 20260907-maintenance-doc-bullet-fix-d351253f8a91

Thanks!
-- 
Brigham Campbell
https://brighamcampbell.com
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  1. doc: Make asciidoc bullet items separateBrigham Campbell, Sep 7, 2026
  2. Patrick SteinhardtSep 7, 2026
  3. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 7, 2026
  4. Brigham CampbellSep 7, 2026
  5. doc: fix conjoined maintenance strategies in git-config(1)Brigham Campbell, Sep 10, 2026
  6. Patrick SteinhardtSep 10, 2026
  7. Jeff KingSep 10, 2026

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