From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:54:58 GMT
Subject: Re: Configuring a third-party git hook
Message-ID: <xmqqeh1vtm9p.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140321181532.GC15508@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:31:59AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> -- >8 --
>> From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:07:08 +1100
>> Subject: [PATCH] config.txt: third-party tools may and do use their own variables
>> [...]
>> +Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables.  When
>> +inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
>> +names do not conflict with what are used by Git itself and other
>> +popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
>
> I think this third line should be "with what _is_ used" to match the
> verb and noun pluralness[1]. Or to keep better parallel structure with
> the first clause, something like "...their names do not conflict with
> those that are used by Git...".

Thanks. I'll amend to do the "those that are".