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Re: [PATCH] doc: Make asciidoc bullet items separate

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Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2026, 17:10 UTC
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On Mon Sep 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM MDT, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
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> Not, probably not worth a reroll: it would have been nice to point out
> that this is in git-config(1). E.g. something like this:
>
>     doc: fix conjoined maintenance strategies in git-config(1)
>
>     Fix conjoined bullet items for the maintennace
maintennace -> maintenance
>                                                    strategies in
>     git-config(1).

I'll mention git-config(1) in v2 if maintainers request a new revision (though I agree that a patch this simple probably doesn't need a reroll). Otherwise, I invite the committer to make editorial changes to the commit message as they see fit.

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>> diff --git a/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc b/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc
>> index da8be9f812..c778ab09ac 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc
>> +++ b/Documentation/config/maintenance.adoc
>> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ The possible strategies are:
>>  This repacking strategy is a full replacement for the `gc` strategy and is
>>  recommended for large repositories. This is the default strategy for manual
>>  maintenance.
>> ++
>>  * `incremental`: This setting optimizes for performing small maintenance
>>    activities that do not delete any data. This does not schedule the `gc`
>>    task, but runs the `prefetch` and `commit-graph` tasks hourly, the
>
> Ah, indeed. I can confirm that this is misrendered when looking at
> git-config(1), and with your patch it indeed renders correctly. Thanks
> for this simple and obvious fix!

Thanks for the review! It's a minor change, but this is my first patch to the git project, so I appreciate your time and expertise.

Cheers!
-- 
Brigham Campbell
https://brighamcampbell.com
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  1. doc: Make asciidoc bullet items separateBrigham Campbell, Sep 7, 2026
  2. Patrick SteinhardtSep 7, 2026
  3. Brigham CampbellSep 7, 2026
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 7, 2026
  5. Jeff KingSep 10, 2026
  6. doc: fix conjoined maintenance strategies in git-config(1)Brigham Campbell, Sep 10, 2026
  7. Patrick SteinhardtSep 10, 2026

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