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Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] difftool: add space after full stop in comments

From
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 2, 2021, 23:41 UTC
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On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 1:12 PM Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 12:38 PM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 11:49 AM Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > These punctuation typos were found using:
> > >
> > >     git grep -P ' [a-z0-9A-Z-]+[.][A-Z][A-Za-z-]+ '
> >
> > While Junio has commented that two spaces after the full stop in
> > fixed-width source code viewing looks better, and I personally prefer
> > that style as well, I don't think these are worth "fixing".
>
> FWIW those are not adding a second space, but adding ANY space between
> a "." and beginning of the next sentence.

Oh! I didn't look closely enough (I'll blame gmail's variable-width font). Thanks for correcting me. Yes, if there's no space at all between the full stop and the next character, then that makes it more annoying. So, ignore what I said earlier, I think this patch is good.

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Message 10 of 11 in “Typofixes”
  1. 0/3 TypofixesAndrei Rybak, Oct 2, 2021
  2. 1/3 *: spell Latin abbreviations correctlyAndrei Rybak, Oct 2, 2021
  3. Elijah NewrenOct 2, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 2, 2021
  5. 2/3 *: fix spelling typosAndrei Rybak, Oct 2, 2021
  6. Elijah NewrenOct 2, 2021
  7. 3/3 difftool: add space after full stop in commentsAndrei Rybak, Oct 2, 2021
  8. Elijah NewrenOct 2, 2021
  9. Carlo ArenasOct 2, 2021
  10. Elijah NewrenOct 2, 2021
  11. David AguilarOct 11, 2021

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