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Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] git-worktree documentation cleanups

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MÅMartin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 4, 2020, 05:23 UTC
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On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 06:44, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 12:29 AM Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 02:56, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> >
> > > -By default, the repository "config" file is shared across all working
> > > +By default, the repository `config` file is shared across all working
> >
> > I don't think this is a filename (in which case it would have been
> > `.gitconfig?) but rather some sort of colloquial short form for
> > 'configuration file', thus '"config" file'. So I could see the double
> > quotes remain or being dropped, but I was surprised to see them
> > converted like this.
>
> I also thought at first that it was just shorthand for "configuration
> file", but then I realized that it's talking about the `.git/config`
> file, in which case it is an actual filename. So, I believe that
> quoting it with backticks is correct here.
Yes, you're perfectly right, of course.

Thanks Martin

Previous: Eric Sunshine
Message 20 of 20 in “git-worktree documentation cleanups”
  1. 0/4 git-worktree documentation cleanupsEric Sunshine, Aug 3, 2020
  2. 2/4 git-worktree.txt: consistently use term "working tree"Eric Sunshine, Aug 3, 2020
  3. 1/4 git-worktree.txt: employ fixed-width typeface consistentlyEric Sunshine, Aug 3, 2020
  4. 3/4 git-worktree.txt: fix minor grammatical issuesEric Sunshine, Aug 3, 2020
  5. 4/4 git-worktree.txt: make start of new sentence more obviousEric Sunshine, Aug 3, 2020
  6. Taylor BlauAug 3, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2020
  8. Martin ÅgrenAug 3, 2020
  9. Eric SunshineAug 3, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2020
  11. 0/5 git-worktree documentation cleanupsEric Sunshine, Aug 4, 2020
  12. 3/5 git-worktree.txt: fix minor grammatical issuesEric Sunshine, Aug 4, 2020
  13. 1/5 git-worktree.txt: employ fixed-width typeface consistentlyEric Sunshine, Aug 4, 2020
  14. 4/5 git-worktree.txt: make start of new sentence more obviousEric Sunshine, Aug 4, 2020
  15. 5/5 git-wortkree.txt: link to man pages when citing other Git commandsEric Sunshine, Aug 4, 2020
  16. 2/5 git-worktree.txt: consistently use term "working tree"Eric Sunshine, Aug 4, 2020
  17. Taylor BlauAug 4, 2020
  18. Martin ÅgrenAug 4, 2020
  19. Eric SunshineAug 4, 2020
  20. Martin ÅgrenAug 4, 2020

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