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Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation/git-config.txt: reword missleading sentence

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Oct 19, 2017, 04:58 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Or, to capture the other changes being made at the same time:
>
> 	config doc: clarify "git config --path" example
>
> Thanks for working on this.

Yup. I'll queue with the above subject; all the suggestions in your message were sensible, so I'll take them when I do so.

> By the way, should the initial `git config` be 'git config' (in
> italics instead of monospace)?  I don't see `git config` anywhere else
> in the file and there are a lot of instances of 'git config'.

We want to use monospace for something we expect users to type verbatim while following the description along, and highlight important terms that are being explained by typesetting in italics. This one can go either way, so I'll keep it as posted.

Thanks.
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  1. Documentation/git-config.txt: reword missleading sentencePAYRE NATHAN p1508475, Oct 5, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2017
  3. Nathan PAYREOct 10, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2017
  5. Documentation/git-config.txt: reword missleading sentencesecond.payre@gmail.com, Oct 12, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2017
  7. Moy MatthieuOct 13, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2017
  9. Documentation/git-config.txt: reword missleading sentencePAYRE NATHAN p1508475, Oct 18, 2017
  10. Jonathan NiederOct 18, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2017

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