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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/git-checkout.txt: clarify usage

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Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2012, 02:55 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
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>>> +'git checkout' [--detach] [<commit>]::
>
> The title here is better spelled as two lines:
>
> 'git checkout' <commit>::
> 'git checkout' --detach <branch>::

AsciiDoc renders these horizontally separated by a comma when formatted as a man page instead of vertically as written (and as rendered by the HTML documentation.) I think this makes this separation into two less effective, but at least it doesn't line wrap on an 80-wide terminal like the previous title did.

Chris
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Message 9 of 23 in “Documentation: clarify usage of checkout”
  1. 0/2 Documentation: clarify usage of checkoutChris Rorvick, Dec 17, 2012
  2. 1/2 Documentation/git-checkout.txt: clarify usageChris Rorvick, Dec 17, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012
  4. Johannes SixtDec 17, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012
  6. Johannes SixtDec 17, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012
  8. Andrew ArdillDec 17, 2012
  9. Chris RorvickDec 18, 2012
  10. Philip OakleyDec 17, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012
  12. Andrew ArdillDec 17, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012
  14. Andrew ArdillDec 18, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2012
  16. Andrew ArdillDec 18, 2012
  17. Chris RorvickDec 18, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2012
  19. Philip OakleyDec 17, 2012
  20. 2/2 Documentation/git-checkout.txt: document 70c9ac2 behaviorChris Rorvick, Dec 17, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012
  22. Andrew ArdillDec 17, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2012

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