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Re: [PATCH v2] doc: use 'title' consistently

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2025, 17:59 UTC
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"M Hickford via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
>
> The first line of a commit message is variously called 'title' or
> 'subject'.
>
> Prefer 'title' unless discussing email.
>
> Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
> ---
>     doc: use 'title' consistently
>     
>     Patch v2 includes git-rebase.txt
Looking good.
>  Documentation/git-commit.adoc | 8 ++++----
>  Documentation/git-rebase.adoc | 8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Will apply with s/adoc/txt/ so that the result becomes obviously merge-able to 'maint' (even though currently I do not plan to do a Git 2.48.2 right now, I often do this to make it easy for distro maintainers to backport obvious fixes to their maintenance tracks).

Thanks.
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  1. doc: use 'title' consistentlyM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2025
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2025
  3. M HickfordFeb 16, 2025
  4. doc: use 'title' consistentlyM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Feb 16, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2025

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