# [PATCH] docs/gitremote-helpers: fix unbalanced quotes

3 messages from 2017-02-13 to 2017-02-13. Participants: Jeff King, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45129

## Jeff King, 2017-02-13 20:38

Subject: [PATCH] docs/gitremote-helpers: fix unbalanced quotes
Message-ID: <20170213203835.vssj64tcvuq35dny@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170213203835.vssj64tcvuq35dny%40sigill.intra.peff.net

```
Each of these options is missing the closing single-quote on
the option name. This understandably confuses asciidoc,
which ends up rendering a stray quote, like:

  option cloning {'true|false}

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index 9e8681f9e..7e59c50b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -452,14 +452,14 @@ set by Git if the remote helper has the 'option' capability.
 	Request the helper to perform a force update.  Defaults to
 	'false'.
 
-'option cloning {'true'|'false'}::
+'option cloning' {'true'|'false'}::
 	Notify the helper this is a clone request (i.e. the current
 	repository is guaranteed empty).
 
-'option update-shallow {'true'|'false'}::
+'option update-shallow' {'true'|'false'}::
 	Allow to extend .git/shallow if the new refs require it.
 
-'option pushcert {'true'|'false'}::
+'option pushcert' {'true'|'false'}::
 	GPG sign pushes.
 
 SEE ALSO
-- 
2.12.0.rc1.466.g70234cfd8

```

## Jeff King, 2017-02-13 21:05

Subject: [PATCH] docs/git-submodule: fix unbalanced quote
Message-ID: <20170213210549.jns7asrvjp3lb5wc@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170213210549.jns7asrvjp3lb5wc%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <20170213203835.vssj64tcvuq35dny@sigill.intra.peff.net>

```
The documentation gives an example of the submodule foreach
command that uses both backticks and single-quotes. We stick
the whole thing inside "+" markers to make it monospace, but
the inside punctuation still needs escaping. We handle the
backticks with "{backtick}", and use backslash-escaping for
the single-quotes.

But we missed the escaping on the second quote. Fortunately,
asciidoc renders this unbalanced quote as we want (showing
the quote), but asciidoctor does not. We could fix it by
adding the missing backslash.

However, let's take a step back. Even when rendered
correctly, it's hard to read a long command stuck into the
middle of a paragraph, and the important punctuation is hard
to notice. Let's instead bump it into its own single-line
code block. That makes both the source and the rendered
result more readable, and as a bonus we don't have to worry
about quoting at all.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Not textually related to the previous fix, but obviously along the same
lines.

 Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 918bd1d1b..a8eb1c7ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -228,9 +228,12 @@ 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 {backtick}git
-rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
-commit for each submodule.
+As an example, the command below will show the path and currently
+checked out commit for each submodule:
++
+--------------
+git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
+--------------
 
 sync::
 	Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
-- 
2.12.0.rc1.466.g70234cfd8


```

## Junio C Hamano, 2017-02-13 22:06

Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/git-submodule: fix unbalanced quote
Message-ID: <xmqqtw7xbva2.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqtw7xbva2.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com
In-Reply-To: <20170213210549.jns7asrvjp3lb5wc@sigill.intra.peff.net>

```
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> However, let's take a step back. Even when rendered
> correctly, it's hard to read a long command stuck into the
> middle of a paragraph, and the important punctuation is hard
> to notice.

Yes, I like this reasoning behind the solution very much.

Thanks.

>  Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> index 918bd1d1b..a8eb1c7ce 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> @@ -228,9 +228,12 @@ 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 {backtick}git
> -rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
> -commit for each submodule.
> +As an example, the command below will show the path and currently
> +checked out commit for each submodule:
> ++
> +--------------
> +git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
> +--------------
>  
>  sync::
>  	Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting

```
