Re: [PATCH 2/5] SubmittingPatches: be more explicit

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 13, 2023, 21:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5y6no6uk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <owly5y6nh6cj.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>

Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:

> I think what threw me off originally was the internal section link name
> "[[base-branch]]". I think that could be reworded to
> "base-starting-point" or similar.

Yeah, I agree that it is misleading to say "branch" as if it has to already exist. starting-point would be a good phrase to include, so I would imagine base-starting-point would be an appropriate name for the inline anchor.

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