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patchdoc: format-patch: fix typo

Subject: [PATCH] doc: format-patch: fix typo

## tl;dr

2 messages between Jun 10, 2015 and Jun 10, 2015. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Frans Klaver· Jun 10, 2015, 21:01 UTC · lore

reroll count documentation states that v<n> will be pretended to the filename. Judging by the examples that should have been 'prepended'.

Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index bb3ea93..0dac4e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 -v <n>::
 --reroll-count=<n>::
 	Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
-	output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the
+	output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the
 	subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the
 	`--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it.  E.g.
 	`--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch`

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Junio C Hamano· Jun 10, 2015, 21:36 UTC · re: Frans Klaver · lore

Re: [PATCH] doc: format-patch: fix typo

Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com> writes:

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> reroll count documentation states that v<n> will be pretended to the
> filename. Judging by the examples that should have been 'prepended'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
> ---

Good eyes; thanks.

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>  Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> index bb3ea93..0dac4e9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
>  -v <n>::
>  --reroll-count=<n>::
>  	Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
> -	output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the
> +	output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the
>  	subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the
>  	`--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it.  E.g.
>  	`--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch`