From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
The placeholder markup is underscore (_), not backtick (`) as well.
The inline-verbatim markup (backticks) handle interior formatting. This means in this case that it applies HTML `<code>` to the underscores and `<em>` to the placeholder.
That is the effect, anyway; we can see from the rest of 042d6f34 (doc: git-checkout: clarify `-b` and `-B`, 2025-09-10) that this was probably an unintended mix-up.
Acked-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> ---
Notes (series):
v2 resend:
Resend as a separate thread this time. v2 is here:
<v2-cb38c701537.1760716150.git.code@khaugsbakk.name>
v2:
Add Ack. I also considered removing “probably” from “mix-up” but
left it alone as a point-in-time note. The msg + ack makes it clear.
v1:
Since this has landed in `master` now.Documentation/git-checkout.adoc | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Show changes to Documentation/git-checkout.adoc +2 −2
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc index 431185ca0ba..6f281b298ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ uncommitted changes. `git checkout -B <branch> [<start-point>]`:: The same as `-b`, except that if the branch already exists it - resets `_<branch>_` to the start point instead of failing. + resets _<branch>_ to the start point instead of failing. `git checkout --detach [<branch>]`:: `git checkout [--detach] <commit>`:: @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ of it"). `-B <new-branch>`:: The same as `-b`, except that if the branch already exists it - resets `_<branch>_` to the start point instead of failing. + resets _<branch>_ to the start point instead of failing. `-t`:: `--track[=(direct|inherit)]`:: Range-diff against v1: 1: 54bc6875cc5 ! 1: cb38c701537 doc: git-checkout: fix placeholder markup @@ Commit message git-checkout: clarify `-b` and `-B`, 2025-09-10) that this was probably an unintended mix-up. + Acked-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> ## Notes (series) ## + v2 resend: + Resend as a separate thread this time. v2 is here: + <v2-cb38c701537.1760716150.git.code@khaugsbakk.name> + + v2: + Add Ack. I also considered removing “probably” from “mix-up” but + left it alone as a point-in-time note. The msg + ack makes it clear. + + v1: Since this has landed in `master` now. ## Documentation/git-checkout.adoc ## base-commit: 83a9405e59e9cdfb587b19c50f0c040f346dd4ea
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