From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:31:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit-template: change a message to be more intuitive
Message-ID: <624d873b-74af-b3e8-714c-8a439f4ee81f@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170913112013.sk7bqarq2ktrva67@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Wednesday 13 September 2017 04:50 PM, Jeff King wrote:
> I agree with both of your points. It is very clear to me as a native
> speaker, but I can see how it might not be for everyone.
>
> Interestingly, the change here:
>
>>> -	const char *explanation = _("Do not touch the line above.\nEverything below will be removed.");
>>> +	const char *explanation = _("Do not edit the line above.\nEverything below will be removed.");
> actually seems less clear to me. I think of "edit" as "modify". But
> obviously it also should not be removed. Perhaps
>
>    Do not modify or remove the line above.
>
> would be the most clear. Or perhaps it is overly verbose.
>
Seems to be a valid point. Further, it doesn't seem to be too verbose at 
least to me. So, I'll change the
sentence and revert back to the one I use if someone finds it to be verbose.

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Kaartic