Re: [PATCH 2/4] doc: add verb in front of command to run

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Dec 10, 2016, 20:48 UTC
Message-ID: <2C16DAFED0D94B28AF9CE7F8BBA122F0@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <20161209155112.2112-3-kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>

From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 3:51 PM

> Instead of using the command 'git clone' as a verb, use "run" as the
> verb indicating the action of executing the command 'git clone'.

I would expect 'cloning' as the commonly in use verb here, with the command then quoted.

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>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt 
> b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
> index 6c434aff3..72ed90ca3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
> @@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ You can repack this private repository whenever you 
> feel like.
> A recommended work cycle for a "subsystem maintainer" who works
> on that project and has an own "public repository" goes like this:
>
> -1. Prepare your work repository, by 'git clone' the public
> +1. Prepare your work repository, by running 'git clone' on the public

Perhaps ? ... by cloning ('git clone <URL>') the public

The full command is shown using the same terminology as the following line.

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>    repository of the "project lead". The URL used for the
>    initial cloning is stored in the remote.origin.url
>    configuration variable.
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>
>

-- Philip