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From: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
To: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>,
	ben.knoble@gmail.com, julia@jvns.ca
Subject: [PATCH] doc: git-checkout: fix placeholder markup
Date: Thu,  2 Oct 2025 20:37:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <359afc34863.1759430054.git.code@khaugsbakk.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <df251b0c-c593-41ed-903e-8fb1c323b874@app.fastmail.com>

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.

Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
---

Notes (series):
    Since this has landed in `master` now.

 Documentation/git-checkout.adoc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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)]`::

base-commit: 83a9405e59e9cdfb587b19c50f0c040f346dd4ea
-- 
2.51.0.327.gddebdc8c038


  reply	other threads:[~2025-10-02 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-25 19:08 [PATCH 0/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-25 19:08 ` [PATCH 1/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-26 18:46   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-26 18:51     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-26 20:56     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 14:00   ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-28 22:34     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 23:44       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-29 13:39         ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-29 21:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-03 23:48       ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-25 19:08 ` [PATCH 2/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-26 21:38   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-28 12:11     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 15:45       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-28 18:24         ` Julia Evans
2025-08-25 19:08 ` [PATCH 3/5] doc: git-checkout: don't use "reset" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-25 19:08 ` [PATCH 4/5] doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanation Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-25 19:08 ` [PATCH 5/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify restoring files section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-26 22:43   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-28 13:26     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 19:08   ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-28 19:59     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 20:38       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-29 13:48       ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-29 11:45 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-29 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-29 15:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-02 17:14       ` Julia Evans
2025-08-29 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-29 16:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-02 17:16       ` Julia Evans
2025-08-29 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] doc: git-checkout: don't use "reset" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-29 16:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-01 14:28       ` Julia Evans
2025-09-02 16:10         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-29 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanation Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-29 11:45   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] doc: git-checkout: clarify restoring files section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:49   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:49     ` [PATCH v3 1/6] doc: git-checkout: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:49     ` [PATCH v3 2/6] doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:49     ` [PATCH v3 3/6] doc: git-checkout: clarify `-b` and `-B` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:50     ` [PATCH v3 4/6] doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanation Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:50     ` [PATCH v3 5/6] doc: git-checkout: split up restoring files section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 16:50     ` [PATCH v3 6/6] doc: git-checkout: clarify " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-03 21:29       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-03 21:09     ` [PATCH v3 0/6] doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION section Junio C Hamano
2025-09-03 21:28       ` Julia Evans
2025-09-10 19:14     ` [PATCH v4 0/7] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 1/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify intro sentence Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 2/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify ARGUMENT DISAMBIGUATION Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 3/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify `git checkout <branch>` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 4/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify `-b` and `-B` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-29 18:07         ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-02 18:37           ` kristofferhaugsbakk [this message]
2025-10-16 22:11             ` [PATCH resend] doc: git-checkout: fix placeholder markup kristofferhaugsbakk
2025-10-17 13:56               ` Julia Evans
2025-10-17 15:50               ` [PATCH v2] " kristofferhaugsbakk
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 5/7] doc: git-checkout: deduplicate --detach explanation Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 6/7] doc: git-checkout: split up restoring files section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-10 19:14       ` [PATCH v4 7/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-11 13:01       ` [PATCH v4 0/7] doc: git-checkout: clarify DESCRIPTION section Ben Knoble
2025-09-12 14:05         ` Julia Evans
2025-09-12 14:26           ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-15 23:22             ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-16  6:41               ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-12 16:23           ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-17 18:38       ` Junio C Hamano

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