Re: [PATCH v2] git-rebase.txt: use back-ticks consistently

From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2022, 12:40 UTC
Message-ID: <c8f38fcc-09f5-3dcf-02bc-58d51de6a156@github.com>
In-Reply-To: <6f229f4d-8ce8-beb5-e27c-2ea244a634a7@gmail.com>

On 6/29/22 5:31 AM, Phillip Wood wrote:

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> On 28/06/2022 22:49, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>>> @@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ See also REBASING MERGES and INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
>>>   -x <cmd>::
>>>   --exec <cmd>::
>>>       Append "exec <cmd>" after each line creating a commit in the
>>
>> I thought `exec <cmd>` was an improvement, just like ...
> 
> I'm not so sure, I thought we normally reserved backticks for command line options and this is talking about what gets added to the todo-list. I could see "exec `<cmd>`" being an improvement though. There are several other mentions of todo list commands in the documentation and I think they are all double quoted like this one.

This was my understanding based on the v1 feedback. I think it would be OK to consider this change separately, perhaps as an example case in a "recommended doc formatting" document.

Thanks, -Stolee