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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: git-format-patch.txt rewordings and cleanups

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2009, 07:26 UTC
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Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> How about a sentence with no negation?
>>>
>>> "Note that the leading dot is required if you want a dot between the
>>> patch name and the suffix."
>>
>> How about a sentence that does not sound requirement but freedom?
>>
>> "The leading character does not have to be a dot; for example, you
>> can use --suffix=-patch to get 0001-description-of-my-change-patch".
>
> Looks even better. Do we still want to start off by saying "Note that the..." ?

Perhaps; I wasn't paying much attention to the whole sentence, but was primarily interested about giving the description less negative connotation.

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  1. Documentation: git-format-patch.txt rewordings and cleanupsStephen Boyd, Mar 23, 2009
  2. J. Bruce FieldsMar 24, 2009
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  4. J. Bruce FieldsMar 24, 2009
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  6. Stephen BoydMar 25, 2009
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