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Re: [PATCH] git-am: Clean up the asciidoc documentation

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 15, 2007, 00:01 UTC
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> writes:
>  -i, --interactive::
> -	Run interactively, just like git-applymbox.
> +	Run interactively, just like `git-applymbox` (see gitlink:git-applymbox[1]).

This is an unclear description from the original, but I think we should say just like `git-applybox -i`, or drop this altogether.

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> @@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ message, and commit author time is taken from the "Date: " line
>  of the message.  The "Subject: " line is used as the title of
>  the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]".
>  It is supposed to describe what the commit is about concisely as
> -a one line text.
> +an one line text.
I think 'one' does not begin with a vowel.

Other than that, I would agree everything in your update is a clear improvement.

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Message 7 of 9 in “Some misc Documentation patches”
  1. Frank LichtenheldMay 14, 2007
  2. builtin-log.c: Fix typo in commentFrank Lichtenheld, May 14, 2007
  3. Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox optionFrank Lichtenheld, May 14, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  6. git-am: Clean up the asciidoc documentationFrank Lichtenheld, May 14, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  8. Frank LichtenheldMay 15, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007

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