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RE: [PATCH] builtin/*: update usage format

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 29, 2020, 14:33 UTC
Message-ID
<5feb3e4eda10e_3ed2e20830@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To
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阿德烈 via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
> 
> According to the "Error Messages" section of
> Documentation/CodingGuidelines, we should not end in a full
> stop or start with a capital letter. Fix old error and usage
> messages to match this expectation.
I agree this consistency is good.

The only time where you need capital letters and full stops is when there's multiple sentences.

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Felipe Contreras
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Message 2 of 12 in “builtin/*: update usage format”
  1. builtin/*: update usage format阿德烈 via GitGitGadget, Dec 29, 2020
  2. Felipe ContrerasDec 29, 2020
  3. Re* [PATCH] builtin/*: update usage formatJunio C Hamano, Jan 6, 2021
  4. Derrick StoleeJan 6, 2021
  5. 0/2 builtin/*: update usage format阿德烈 via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2021
  6. 2/2 parse-options: format argh like error messagesJunio C Hamano via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2021
  7. Derrick StoleeJan 6, 2021
  8. 1/2 builtin/*: update usage formatZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2021
  9. 0/2 builtin/*: update usage format阿德烈 via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2021
  10. 1/2 parse-options: format argh like error messagesJunio C Hamano via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2021
  11. 2/2 builtin/*: update usage formatZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021

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