[PATCH v2] git-check-ref-format: clarify man for --normalize

From

Damien Regad <dregad@mantisbt.org>

Date

Feb 19, 2017, 22:32 UTC

Message-ID

<44113ef6-5669-5e02-f848-27c17fac55e5@gmail.com>

Use of 'iff' may be confusing to people not familiar with this term.

Improving the --normalize option's documentation to remove the use of
'iff', and clearly describe what happens when the condition is not met.
---
 Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 8611a99..92777ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --normalize::
 	Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`)
 	characters and collapsing runs of adjacent slashes between
-	name components into a single slash.  Iff the normalized
+	name components into a single slash.  If the normalized
 	refname is valid then print it to standard output and exit
-	with a status of 0.  (`--print` is a deprecated way to spell
-	`--normalize`.)
+	with a status of 0, otherwise exit with a non-zero status.
+	(`--print` is a deprecated way to spell `--normalize`.)


 EXAMPLES

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2.7.4