From: Jeff King Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 05:30:09 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] git-check-ref-format.txt: avoid single quote Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 08:17:42PM +0200, Martin Ågren wrote: > -. A colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s > - value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. > +. A colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use the value > + of `srcref` and store it in `dstref`" in fetch and push operations. > It may also be used to select a specific object such as with > - 'git cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". > + 'git cat-file': `git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c`. I'd perhaps write: `srcref`'s value... but I'm a little afraid to see how it is handled by the various parsers (I'd write it because it does look OK in most markdown parsers I've used). That said, I think in this case "value of `srcref`" is actually an improvement to the text (but I wouldn't say the same of the earlier patches, which feel like they are making things clunkier). -Peff