# [PATCH] Documentation/gitcli.txt: fix double quotes 2 messages from 2013-11-20 to 2013-11-20. Participants: Jason St. John, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35363 ## Jason St. John, 2013-11-20 01:34 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/gitcli.txt: fix double quotes Message-ID: <1384911280-20175-1-git-send-email-jstjohn@purdue.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1384911280-20175-1-git-send-email-jstjohn%40purdue.edu ``` Replace double quotes around literal examples with backticks Signed-off-by: Jason St. John --- Documentation/gitcli.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 3146413..41bed29 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ scripting Git: `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree. - * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated + * many commands allow a long option `--option` to be abbreviated only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option - whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to - invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out + whose name begins with `opt`, you may be able to spell `--opt` to + invoke the `--option` flag), but you should fully spell them out when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a - new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize", + new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. `--optimize`, to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique. @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ prefix of a long option as if it is fully spelled out, but use this with a caution. For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix, -e.g `git commit --amenity" option. +e.g. `git commit --amenity` option. Separating argument from the option -- 1.8.4.2 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2013-11-20 23:18 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitcli.txt: fix double quotes Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqli0i64rq.fsf%40gitster.dls.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: <1384911280-20175-1-git-send-email-jstjohn@purdue.edu> ``` Thanks; will queue. ```