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Re: [PATCH] doc: config: replace backtick with apostrophe for possessive

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2025, 20:21 UTC
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kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:
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> From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
>
> Revert back to “Git's” which was used before d30c5cc4592 (doc: convert
> git-mergetool options to new synopsis style, 2025-05-25) accidentally
> changed it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/config/mergetool.adoc b/Documentation/config/mergetool.adoc
> index 6be506145c1..7064f5a462c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config/mergetool.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/config/mergetool.adoc
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ endif::[]
>  	During a merge, Git will automatically resolve as many conflicts as
>  	possible and write the `$MERGED` file containing conflict markers around
>  	any conflicts that it cannot resolve; `$LOCAL` and `$REMOTE` normally
> -	are the versions of the file from before Git`s conflict
> +	are the versions of the file from before Git's conflict
>  	resolution. This flag causes `$LOCAL` and `$REMOTE` to be overwritten so
>  	that only the unresolved conflicts are presented to the merge tool. Can
>  	be configured per-tool via the `mergetool.<tool>.hideResolved`
Obviously correct.  Thanks.
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