Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: add exec command to launch a shell command

From: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2010, 18:37 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=P4iinacNXgPN8ZCtjiggBEj-OzF8TkKG5pZgU@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqfwytnh0m.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 09:47, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Ęvar Arnfjörš Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> +in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can
>>> +use usual shell commands like "cd". The command is run from the
>>
>> I think that needs a definite article: ".. use the usual ..".
>
> I don't think so, especially with a plural "commands" after.
> Googlefight agrees with me ("use the usual commands" => 350 results,
> "use usual commands" => 4900), but that's not a proof. Perhaps a
> native speaker could help?
>

You could probably just drop "usual" entirely: ..., so you can use shell commands like "cd".

I'm not sure that "usual" really adds anything there, and might actually be confusing. Does it mean that "unusual" ones won't work? What are "unusual" ones?

Possibly make 'like "cd"', parenthetical to further show that it's an example, and not saying that only commands along the lines of "cd" will work? ..., so you can use shell commands (for example: cd).

-Jacob