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[PATCH] rerere: minor documantation update

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 9, 2026, 18:27 UTC
Message-ID
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Let's not call our users "it". Also "rerere forget \*.c" does not forget resolutions for just '*.c'; it forgets for all the files whose filenames end with ".c".

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/git-rerere.adoc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git c/Documentation/git-rerere.adoc w/Documentation/git-rerere.adoc
index 992b469270..99f967b7a4 100644
--- c/Documentation/git-rerere.adoc
+++ w/Documentation/git-rerere.adoc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ COMMANDS
 --------
 
 Normally, 'git rerere' is run without arguments or user-intervention.
-However, it has several commands that allow it to interact with
+However, it has several commands that allow users to interact with
 its working state.
 
 'clear'::
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ will automatically invoke this command.
 'forget' <pathspec>::
 
 Reset the conflict resolutions which rerere has recorded for the current
-conflict in <pathspec>.
+conflict in paths that match <pathspec>.
 
 'diff'::
 
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  1. rerere: minor documantation updateJunio C Hamano, Feb 9, 2026
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 9, 2026

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