# [PATCH] Fix a formatting error in git-merge.txt

2 messages from 2010-10-29 to 2010-10-29. Participants: Nathan W. Panike, Jonathan Nieder.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25592

## Nathan W. Panike, 2010-10-29 15:33

Subject: [PATCH] Fix a formatting error in git-merge.txt
Message-ID: <4ccaebae.e91dec0a.1ac5.ffff8876@mx.google.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ccaebae.e91dec0a.1ac5.ffff8876%40mx.google.com

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Signed-off-by: Nathan W. Panike <nathan.panike@gmail.com>
---
Without this patch, the lines below get set in typewriter mode, which
just looks wrong.

 Documentation/git-merge.txt |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 84043cc..d43416d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
 -m <msg>::
 	Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
 	case one is created).
-
-	If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
-	will be appended to the specified message.
-
-	The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
-	used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
-	invocations.
++
+If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+will be appended to the specified message.
++
+The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
+invocations.
 
 --rerere-autoupdate::
 --no-rerere-autoupdate::
-- 
1.7.3.2.148.g04a2.dirty

```

## Jonathan Nieder, 2010-10-29 15:57

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a formatting error in git-merge.txt
Message-ID: <20101029155743.GA28839@burratino>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20101029155743.GA28839%40burratino
In-Reply-To: <4ccaebae.e91dec0a.1ac5.ffff8876@mx.google.com>

```
(+cc: Ram, Junio)

Hi,

Nathan W. Panike wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Nathan W. Panike <nathan.panike@gmail.com>
> ---
> Without this patch, the lines below get set in typewriter mode, which
> just looks wrong.

This part belongs above the "---" line, so future generations can
learn the reason for the patch (and thus avoid undoing it when
considering future changes).

>  Documentation/git-merge.txt |   14 +++++++-------
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Thanks.  The patch proper looks good to me.

Regards,
Jonathan

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