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Re: [PATCH] Documentation update for 'git branch'

From
Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
Date
Mar 6, 2012, 09:00 UTC
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<871up66r45.fsf@thomas.inf.ethz.ch>
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<1331023866-5658-1-git-send-email-vfr@lyx.org>
Hi Vincent,
vfr@lyx.org writes:
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> Changes:
> - add a period to a sentence,
> - correct 'tag' into 'branch',
> - unify the use of backticks,
> - indicate that the commit parameter of --contains defaults to HEAD.

First off, please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches. I think this should be split into at least two commits, one for the cleanups and one for the actual change.

As for
> - unify the use of backticks,

nice catch, and note that this is a pretty common problem across the docs.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 2 of 6 in “Documentation update for 'git branch'”
  1. Documentation update for 'git branch'vfr@lyx.org, Mar 6, 2012
  2. Thomas RastMar 6, 2012
  3. 1/3 Documentation/git-branch: cleanupsVincent van Ravesteijn, Mar 6, 2012
  4. 2/3 Documentation/git-branch: fix a typoVincent van Ravesteijn, Mar 6, 2012
  5. 3/3 Documentation/git-branch: add default for --containsVincent van Ravesteijn, Mar 6, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2012

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