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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/describe: improve one-line summary

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2015, 20:21 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:
Show 10 quoted lines
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
> index d20ca40..e045fc7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-describe(1)
>  
>  NAME
>  ----
> -git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit
> +git-describe - Describe a commit using the most recent tag reachable from it

While it feels a bit funny to describe a "describe" command as "that which describes", this definitely is an improvement.

Thanks, will queue.
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  1. Albert NetymkJun 16, 2015
  2. Documentation/describe: improve one-line summaryMatthieu Moy, Jun 16, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2015

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