From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
To: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com>,
Phillip Sz <phillip.szelat@gmail.com>
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>, "Thomas Rast" <tr@thomasrast.ch>,
"Jan Krüger" <jk@jk.gs>, "Christian Stimming" <stimming@tuhh.de>,
"Matthias Rüster" <matthias.ruester@gmail.com>,
"Magnus Görlitz" <magnus.goerlitz@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] l10n: de.po: use "bla …" instead of "bla..."
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:29:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <551190F2.10808@drmicha.warpmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMO+JLfzkYwP5rKkT6RyLJ-XuH1k=9vKmi1X0xb1SjTOdvg@mail.gmail.com>
Ralf Thielow venit, vidit, dixit 21.03.2015 22:21:
> Am 21. März 2015 um 13:52 schrieb Phillip Sz <phillip.szelat@gmail.com>:
>>
>> I think we should use it like this, as most open-source projects do.
>> Also we should use a space before the three dots as per http://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/auslassungspunkte
>>
>
> I don't think this rule of ellipsis applies here as the dots are meant
> to be a pattern to tell users that an argument can be passed multiple
> times.
>
"..." is used in (at least) 2 cases:
* ellipsis
* continuation arguments
The patch changes both, but the Duden rule applies to the first case
only (and is different from "legacy rules", I think).
Also, you might want to check the format of other commit messages and
reword yours accordingly.
Michael
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-24 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-21 12:52 [PATCH 1/1] l10n: de.po: use "bla …" instead of "bla..." Phillip Sz
2015-03-21 14:07 ` Matthias Rüster
2015-03-21 21:21 ` Ralf Thielow
2015-03-24 16:29 ` Michael J Gruber [this message]
2015-03-24 17:10 ` Ralf Thielow
2015-03-24 17:34 ` Ralf Thielow
[not found] ` <xmqqlhim713w.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
2015-03-24 17:51 ` Ralf Thielow
2015-03-24 18:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] l10n: de.po: add space before ellipsis Ralf Thielow
2015-03-24 18:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] l10n: de.po: fix messages with abbreviated hashs Ralf Thielow
2015-03-25 16:42 ` [PATCH v2] " Ralf Thielow
2015-03-24 20:29 ` [PATCH 1/1] l10n: de.po: use "bla …" instead of "bla..." phillip
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