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Re: [RFC PATCH] Revamp git-cherry(1)

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Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch>
Date
Nov 21, 2013, 20:58 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:30:56PM +0100, Thomas Rast wrote:
>
>> +Later, you can whether your changes have been applied by saying (still
>> +on `topic`):
>
> s/can/& see/ ?
>
>> +Note that this uses , and assumes that
>> +`core.autosetupmerge` is enabled (the default).
>
> I couldn't quite parse this. Is there a word missing before the comma,
> or is it "uses and assumes that..."?

I will just let this stand as evidence that I had a bad day. Two sentences ruined by botched editing in all of five paragraphs. Sheesh.

Thanks for reading carefully.
> Given that it is the default, I wonder if it is worth mentioning at all.
> Even I, who knows what autosetupmerge does, took a minute to figure out
> why it is relevant here. I suspect it may just confuse most readers.
Ok, then let's remove it.
-- 
Thomas Rast
tr@thomasrast.ch
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Message 3 of 10 in “Revamp git-cherry(1)”
  1. Revamp git-cherry(1)Thomas Rast, Nov 21, 2013
  2. Jeff KingNov 21, 2013
  3. Thomas RastNov 21, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2013
  5. Thomas RastNov 21, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2013
  7. Revamp git-cherry(1)Thomas Rast, Nov 22, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2013
  9. Thomas RastNov 22, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2013

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