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Re: [PATCH] doc: A few minor copy edits.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2012, 05:32 UTC
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Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> writes:
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> - (glossary) the quotes around the Wikipedia URL prevented its
>   linkification in frontends that support it; remove them
>
> - (manual) newer version (SHA-1) == following, older == preceding, not
>   the other way around
>
> - trivial typo and wording fixes
>
> Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>

Thanks. All looked reasonable, except that I've heard nobody says "ent" for the past couple of years, and it might be better to drop the entry altogether.

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> diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> index 3595b58..f928b57 100644
> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
>  
>  [[def_ent]]ent::
>  	Favorite synonym to "<<def_tree-ish,tree-ish>>" by some total geeks. See
> -	`http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent_(Middle-earth)` for an in-depth
> +	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent_(Middle-earth) for an in-depth
>  	explanation. Avoid this term, not to confuse people.
>  
>  [[def_evil_merge]]evil merge::
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  1. doc: A few minor copy edits.Štěpán Němec, Jul 14, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2012
  3. Štěpán NěmecJul 15, 2012
  4. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekJul 16, 2012

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