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Re: [PATCH] bisect: revise manpage

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 26, 2015, 17:47 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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>>> Eventually there will be no more revisions left to bisect, and the
>>> command will print out a description of the first bad commit. The
>>> reference `refs/bisect/bad` created by bisect will point at that
>>> commit.
>
> I agree that is better.
>
>> For the last sentence I'd suggest:
>> 
>> The reference called `refs/bisect/bad` will point at that commit.
>
> Or maybe
>
> The reference `refs/bisect/bad` will be left pointing at that commit.
Sounds good.

I had a trouble with "will be no more reivsions left to bisect", though. "left to check" or "left to inspect" I would understand.

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  9. 3/7 Documentation/bisect: revise overall contentMatthieu Moy, Jun 26, 2015
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