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Re: [PATCH] doc: replace 3 dash with correct 2 dash in git-config(1)

From
Celeste Liu <coelacanthushex@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 23, 2024, 08:21 UTC
Message-ID
<6c9f666e-12ad-4b67-a44a-3111686454f3@gmail.com>
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<Zsgh4LacdOt8N69o@tanuki>
On 2024-08-23 13:45, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 01:20:41AM +0800, Celeste Liu wrote:
>> Commit 4e51389000 (builtin/config: introduce "get" subcommand, 2024-05-06)
>> introduced this typo.
> 
> We typically do not word the commit message as a continuation of the
> subject. The subject often becomes invisible in many contexts, so it is
> helpful if it can be read standalone while providing all of the context
> necessary. So mentioning what is wrong would be welcome here.
> 
>> Fixes: 4e51389000 (builtin/config: introduce "get" subcommand, 2024-05-06)
> 
> We do not use Fixes tags in the Git project.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Celeste Liu <CoelacanthusHex@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/git-config.txt | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> index 65c645d461..79360328aa 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ OPTIONS
>>  --all::
>>  	With `get`, return all values for a multi-valued key.
>>  
>> ----regexp::
>> +--regexp::
>>  	With `get`, interpret the name as a regular expression. Regular
>>  	expression matching is currently case-sensitive and done against a
>>  	canonicalized version of the key in which section and variable names
> 
> This looks obviously correct to me.
> 
> There's one more thing I noticed: the synopsis for `git config get` says
> `--regrexp=<regexp>`, which is clearly wrong. As you're already at it,
> would you mind including a second patch that corrects this?

I couldn't find this typo. Did I miss something? If something missed, please tell me. I will include it in v3. v2 has been sent.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Patrick
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  1. doc: replace 3 dash with correct 2 dash in git-config(1)Celeste Liu, Aug 22, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2024
  3. Patrick SteinhardtAug 23, 2024
  4. Celeste LiuAug 23, 2024
  5. Celeste LiuAug 23, 2024
  6. Patrick SteinhardtAug 26, 2024
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2024
  8. Celeste LiuAug 26, 2024
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2024
  10. git-config.1: --get-all description updateJunio C Hamano, Aug 26, 2024
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2024

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