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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] docs: minor grammar fixes to git-status
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 22:31:11 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110527023111.GA25362@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <30543.1305828072@plover.com>


Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Noticed these while working on 2/4.

 Documentation/git-status.txt |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 00b699f..7702727 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -78,18 +78,19 @@ OUTPUT
 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
 template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
-verbose and descriptive.  They are subject to change in any time.
+verbose and descriptive.  Its contents and format are subject to change
+at any time.
 
 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
 the status.relativePaths config option below.
 
-In short-format, the status of each path is shown as
+In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
 
 	XY PATH1 -> PATH2
 
-where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and ` -> PATH2` part is
+where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` -> PATH2` part is
 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
 status code.
-- 
1.7.4.5.26.g0c6a2

  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-27  2:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-19 18:01 Bug report : git-status manual fibs about semantics of --porcelain Mark Jason Dominus
2011-05-27  2:31 ` Jeff King [this message]
2011-05-27  2:31 ` [PATCH 2/4] docs: update status --porcelain format Jeff King
2011-05-27  2:32 ` [PATCH 3/4] docs: make sure literal "->" isn't converted to arrow Jeff King
2011-05-27  2:33 ` [PATCH 4/4] docs: fix some antique example output Jeff King
2011-05-27  5:16   ` Junio C Hamano

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