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Re: [PATCH] doc: fix form -> from typo

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 25, 2019, 20:07 UTC
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Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> writes:
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> Hi Catalin
>
> Welcome to the list!
>
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 09:43, Catalin Criste <cris_linu_w@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q
>>
>>         This option is deprecated in favour of 'git stash push'.  It
>>         differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspecs,
>> -       and any non-option arguments form the message.
>> +       and any non-option arguments from the message.
>
> I think this is actually intended as "form". It took me a couple of
> readings, but what this paragraph wants to say is that any non-option
> arguments will be used to form (construct) the message.
>
> Do you have any suggestions as to how this could be made clearer?
> There are at least two of us that have stumbled on this. :-)
"become"?
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  1. doc: fix form -> from typoCatalin Criste, Jun 25, 2019
  2. Martin ÅgrenJun 25, 2019
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 25, 2019
  4. Martin ÅgrenJun 25, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2019
  6. Thomas GummererJun 26, 2019

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