Re: [PATCH] doc: fix `update-ref` `symref-create` formatting
On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 06:23:39AM +0000, Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Sam Bostock <sam@sambostock.ca>
>
> `symref-create` should be followed `::`, not `:`. The lack of second
> colon (`:`) causes it to appear as regular text (`<p>`) instead of as a
> description list term (`<dt>`) in the HTML documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sam Bostock <sam@sambostock.ca>
> ---
> doc: fix update-ref symref-create formatting
>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2123%2Fsambostock%2Fpatch-1-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2123/sambostock/patch-1-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2123
>
> Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc b/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc
> index 9310ce9768..37a5019a8b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc
> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ verify::
> Verify <ref> against <old-oid> but do not change it. If
> <old-oid> is zero or missing, the ref must not exist.
>
> -symref-create:
> +symref-create::
> Create symbolic ref <ref> with <new-target> after verifying that
> it does not exist.
This is an obvious fix indeed. Thanks, this looks good to me!
Patrick