# [PATCH] git-submodule documentation: fix foreach example

3 messages from 2009-06-28 to 2009-06-28. Participants: Miklos Vajna, Jakub Narebski.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19954

## Miklos Vajna, 2009-06-28 11:39

Subject: [PATCH] git-submodule documentation: fix foreach example
Message-ID: <20090628113931.GC10895@genesis.frugalware.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090628113931.GC10895%40genesis.frugalware.org

```
Backstick and apostrophe are asciidoc markup, so they should be escaped
in order to get the expected result in the rendered manual page.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---
 Documentation/asciidoc.conf     |    1 +
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt |    5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index dc76e7f..b88d875 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ caret=&#94;
 startsb=&#91;
 endsb=&#93;
 tilde=&#126;
+backstick=&#96;
 
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [linkgit-inlinemacro]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 470bd75..8941ad7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ foreach::
 	the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
 	to the end of the command.
 +
-As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will
-show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
+As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backstick}git
+rev-parse HEAD{backstick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
+commit for each submodule.
 
 sync::
 	Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
-- 
1.6.3.2

```

## Jakub Narebski, 2009-06-28 12:34

Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-submodule documentation: fix foreach example
Message-ID: <m3tz20wmzv.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m3tz20wmzv.fsf%40localhost.localdomain
In-Reply-To: <20090628113931.GC10895@genesis.frugalware.org>

```
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> writes:

> Backstick and apostrophe are asciidoc markup, so they should be escaped
> in order to get the expected result in the rendered manual page.

[...]
>  startsb=&#91;
>  endsb=&#93;
>  tilde=&#126;
> +backstick=&#96;

It is 'backtick' (or 'backquote'), not 'backstick'.  There is no 's'
in its name.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git

```

## Miklos Vajna, 2009-06-28 12:55

Subject: [PATCH v2] git-submodule documentation: fix foreach example
Message-ID: <20090628125545.GH10895@genesis.frugalware.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090628125545.GH10895%40genesis.frugalware.org
In-Reply-To: <m3tz20wmzv.fsf@localhost.localdomain>

```
Backtick and apostrophe are asciidoc markup, so they should be escaped
in order to get the expected result in the rendered manual page.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 05:34:23AM -0700, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is 'backtick' (or 'backquote'), not 'backstick'.  There is no 's'
> in its name.

Ah, true. Thanks, fixed.

 Documentation/asciidoc.conf     |    1 +
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt |    5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index dc76e7f..b88d875 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ caret=&#94;
 startsb=&#91;
 endsb=&#93;
 tilde=&#126;
+backtick=&#96;
 
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [linkgit-inlinemacro]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 470bd75..8941ad7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ foreach::
 	the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
 	to the end of the command.
 +
-As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will
-show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
+As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
+rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
+commit for each submodule.
 
 sync::
 	Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
-- 
1.6.3.2

```
