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> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 11:02 PM Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 2023-09-07 10:32, Christian Couder wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 12:03 PM Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > +DESCRIPTION
>> >> > +-----------
>> >> > +
>> >> > +Takes a range of commits, and replays them onto a new location. Does
>> >> > +not touch the working tree or index, and does not update any
>> >> > +references. However, the output of this command is meant to be used
>> >>
>> >> Small suggestion here:
>> >>
>> >> Takes a range of commits, and replays them onto a new location. Does
>> >> neither touch the working tree nor index, and does not update any
>> >> references.
>> >
>> > I am not a native speaker, so I am not sure what's best here. I find
>> > your suggestion a bit less clear though, so until a native speaker
>> > agrees with it or maybe finds something even better, I prefer to leave
>> > it as-is.
>>
>> I'm also not a native English speaker, but I spent about 2.5 years
>> contributing a whole lot to English Wikipedia, so I'd dare to say I've
>> honed my English skills rather well. Thus, here's my take on this:
>>
>> Takes a range of commits and replays them onto a new location.
>> Leaves the working tree and the index untouched, and updates no
>> references. The output of this command is to be used...
>>
>> This is written in a concise yet slightly imperative way, which should
>> be suitable for the purpose. I hope you agree.
>
> I agree and I like it, so I have changed it to the above in version 5
> I just sent.