From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:29:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] advice: use backticks for code
Message-ID: <3d8556af-5ff9-4e5c-a2f0-05480d1feba9@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzfvdlfhp.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Mar 5, 2024, at 00:54, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Use backticks for quoting code rather than single quotes.
>
> Good.  Technically it does not have to be "code", but rather what
> the user would literally type from their keyboard verbatim, but
> "quoting code" is so concise way to describe, it probably is good
> enough hint for future developers who will find this commit via "git
> blame" and read "git show" to read this explanation.

I agree. Either works fine but “verbatim” is a more general term. I’ll
use that.