# [PATCH] doc: fix formatting of function-wrap shell alias 3 messages from 2025-09-01 to 2025-09-02. Participants: Kyle E. Mitchell, Jean-Noël AVILA, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64066 ## Kyle E. Mitchell, 2025-09-01 18:04 Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix formatting of function-wrap shell alias Message-ID: <20250901180419.2212086-1-kyle@kemitchell.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20250901180419.2212086-1-kyle%40kemitchell.com ``` Add a missed backtick to the end of a code segment so that it will be rendered like preceding examples. I deeply appreciate the thoroughness of this documentation. I noticed the formatting discrepancy reading https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config. Signed-off-by: Kyle E. Mitchell --- Documentation/config/alias.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc index 2c5db0ad84..95825354bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc @@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining ** A convenient way to deal with this is to write your script operations in an inline function that is then called with any arguments from the command-line. For example `alias.cmd = "!c() { - echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c" will correctly execute the prior example. + echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c"` will correctly execute the prior example. ** Setting `GIT_TRACE=1` can help you debug the command being run for your alias. -- 2.51.0 ``` ## Jean-Noël AVILA, 2025-09-01 19:17 Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: fix formatting of function-wrap shell alias Message-ID: <2796730.mvXUDI8C0e@cayenne> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2796730.mvXUDI8C0e%40cayenne In-Reply-To: <20250901180419.2212086-1-kyle@kemitchell.com> ``` On Monday, 1 September 2025 20:04:18 CEST Kyle E. Mitchell wrote: > Add a missed backtick to the end of a code segment so that it will be > rendered like preceding examples. > > I deeply appreciate the thoroughness of this documentation. I noticed > the formatting discrepancy reading https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config. > > Signed-off-by: Kyle E. Mitchell > --- > Documentation/config/alias.adoc | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/ alias.adoc > index 2c5db0ad84..95825354bf 100644 > --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc > +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc > @@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining > ** A convenient way to deal with this is to write your script > operations in an inline function that is then called with any > arguments from the command-line. For example `alias.cmd = "!c() { > - echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c" will correctly execute the prior example. > + echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c"` will correctly execute the prior example. > ** Setting `GIT_TRACE=1` can help you debug the command being run for > your alias. Obviously correct. Thanks! ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2025-09-02 16:24 Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: fix formatting of function-wrap shell alias Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqh5xklt5r.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: <2796730.mvXUDI8C0e@cayenne> ``` Jean-Noël AVILA writes: > On Monday, 1 September 2025 20:04:18 CEST Kyle E. Mitchell wrote: >> Add a missed backtick to the end of a code segment so that it will be >> rendered like preceding examples. >> >> I deeply appreciate the thoroughness of this documentation. I noticed >> the formatting discrepancy reading https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config. >> >> Signed-off-by: Kyle E. Mitchell >> --- >> Documentation/config/alias.adoc | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/ > alias.adoc >> index 2c5db0ad84..95825354bf 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc >> +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc >> @@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, > defining >> ** A convenient way to deal with this is to write your script >> operations in an inline function that is then called with any >> arguments from the command-line. For example `alias.cmd = "!c() { >> - echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c" will correctly execute the prior example. >> + echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c"` will correctly execute the prior example. >> ** Setting `GIT_TRACE=1` can help you debug the command being run for >> your alias. > > Obviously correct. Thanks, both of you. ```