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[GSoC PATCH v2 0/3] doc: improve gitprotocol-pack

From
LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2026, 01:34 UTC
Message-ID
<cover.1772500189.git.lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
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While studying the `gitprotocol-pack` documentation, I found various small style inconsistencies.

These patches are just tiny, simple improvements, mostly to improve the clarity of the documentation.

V2 DIFF:
 * Fixed final patch to properly conform command and process names to
   italic format, instead of the inline code format
LorenzoPegorari (3):
  doc: gitprotocol-pack: fix pronoun-antecedent agreement
  doc: gitprotocol-pack: improve paragraphs structure
  doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize italic formatting
 Documentation/gitprotocol-pack.adoc | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v1:
1:  0d679e5eb5 = 1:  0d679e5eb5 doc: gitprotocol-pack: fix pronoun-antecedent agreement
2:  8a6b5d4c98 = 2:  8a6b5d4c98 doc: gitprotocol-pack: improve paragraphs structure
3:  e0e4ea3d22 ! 3:  6410967d65 doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize inline code formatting
    @@ Metadata
     Author: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
     
      ## Commit message ##
    -    doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize inline code formatting
    +    doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize italic formatting
     
    -    Uniform inline code usage for command and process names.
    +    Uniform italic style usage for command and process names.
     
         Signed-off-by: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
     
    @@ Documentation/gitprotocol-pack.adoc: supports passing environment variables as a
      A few things to remember here:
      
     -- The "command name" is spelled with dash (e.g. git-upload-pack), but
    -+- The "command name" is spelled with dash (e.g. `git-upload-pack`), but
    ++- The "command name" is spelled with dash (e.g. 'git-upload-pack'), but
        this can be overridden by the client;
      
      - The repository path is always quoted with single quotes.
    @@ Documentation/gitprotocol-pack.adoc: In multi_ack_detailed mode:
      Without either multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:
      
     - * upload-pack sends "ACK obj-id" on the first common object it finds.
    -+ * `upload-pack` sends "ACK obj-id" on the first common object it finds.
    ++ * 'upload-pack' sends "ACK obj-id" on the first common object it finds.
         After that it says nothing until the client gives it a "done".
      
     - * upload-pack sends "NAK" on a flush-pkt if no common object
    -+ * `upload-pack` sends "NAK" on a flush-pkt if no common object
    ++ * 'upload-pack' sends "NAK" on a flush-pkt if no common object
         has been found yet.  If one has been found, and thus an ACK
         was already sent, it's silent on the flush-pkt.
      
-- 
2.43.0
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: LorenzoPegorari
Message 8 of 15 in “doc: improve gitprotocol-pack”
  1. 0/3 doc: improve gitprotocol-packLorenzoPegorari, Mar 2, 2026
  2. 1/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: fix pronoun-antecedent agreementLorenzoPegorari, Mar 2, 2026
  3. 2/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: improve paragraphs structureLorenzoPegorari, Mar 2, 2026
  4. 3/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize inline code formattingLorenzoPegorari, Mar 2, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2026
  6. Lorenzo PegorariMar 3, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2026
  8. 0/3 doc: improve gitprotocol-packLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  9. 1/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: fix pronoun-antecedent agreementLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  10. 2/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: improve paragraphs structureLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  11. 3/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize italic formattingLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  12. 0/3 doc: improve gitprotocol-packLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  13. 1/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: fix pronoun-antecedent agreementLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  14. 2/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: improve paragraphs structureLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026
  15. 3/3 doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize italic formattingLorenzoPegorari, Mar 3, 2026

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