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Re: [PATCH] doc: add a blank line around block delimiters

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 10, 2025, 16:19 UTC
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"Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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>     This patch is basically a mass-replace of occurrences of paragraphs
>     followed by a block delimiter.
>     
>     The issue arose with a Chinese translation where the length of the
>     paragraph turned out to be smaller than the original English and to just
>     fit the number of hyphens of the following block starter.
;-)
>     An a longer term, I'm wondering how converting all the asciidoc files to
>     the modern style (i.e. atx-style, with variable "=" characters in front
>     of the line) would be perceived by the community.

It would be a one-time churn that may be worth doing, when the tree is quiescent.

Previous: brian m. carlson
Message 3 of 3 in “doc: add a blank line around block delimiters”
  1. doc: add a blank line around block delimitersJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Mar 9, 2025
  2. brian m. carlsonMar 9, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2025

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