From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA91C2013A for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:51:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752173AbdBOVve (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:51:34 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f174.google.com ([209.85.128.174]:34950 "EHLO mail-wr0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752061AbdBOVvd (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:51:33 -0500 Received: by mail-wr0-f174.google.com with SMTP id c4so42190386wrd.2 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:51:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=xbBH60ItV00MdNezuexd6OGDMJmWlikd/jTBQm3vmbs=; b=N3WGhebEFMCbBv/Hw65wrHMPCAZ7s0emmd+QeVBrsJcLsJV+94pwmDzV5ph3kk+iij JaNgZWH/1DkVaTzIzesBqvvpJTH4vOXn6DU1l05ylmgwtI/3LO0pzKSH02GZ1phpa5L2 6zTnH7Es0Ai1L0TNE1lh/NWVPFxADARkJwdD8fqvRdGq2WNuQTH8mUZNFvOIWZSxkchf 923oTwJ+Erce4ZRxi/q0bPAP+CaDoSe910iWPTjgFQ6604W6tP80HJAUpagD22XEswNh PIL9LfpcLk9i0S/eOdFJxQ7YfFvP2ia+Iwzzx9ODcZZXjUQagj1MIQO+AU5qYezPmJTV QC2g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=xbBH60ItV00MdNezuexd6OGDMJmWlikd/jTBQm3vmbs=; b=FuJrXarK6SbORaJ/hQHUHDcm8EmTwxXa3Hv5yiKdu29H0LmFI/e/6+Zy5LXTH/GJ9K ZFR4cQpjyN2OcfoFhk63UJgyMY5yPDA9fqTURb9leYk75thPOpX03PWROw7MYbeiy6L+ 7H3yAX/Wrdsa4o2q6hcjxuJgbG3Z8b1+XwZJelLIaJoKu4i256yyWo39jSrmWAv6URnd lbz3+d0qBh8LYhAGLfOg3QK5iwT6aQ5Lv2Bo4imGDphf6yHzNe8Ft0zppd1tTHOojqsl gqD+iJtCG5Ir2X6r89L5kbmv4Q2euu33M86s7/a5Y4j3DMc3ceObZq2AWQsDndh7i2A1 kHDw== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39ksKG89vWBKzV8oU6RboShENcYxvIFbnaials81g/B8GTT7IFODpmju7xPtnKhpbyLDTawnqM04urHmLQ== X-Received: by 10.223.165.87 with SMTP id j23mr36752420wrb.79.1487195491466; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:51:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.138.211 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:51:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20170215212157.qgscyglgzrd5cplf@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20170215212157.qgscyglgzrd5cplf@sigill.intra.peff.net> From: Fabrizio Cucci Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:51:30 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Back quote typo in error messages (?) To: Jeff King Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 15 February 2017 at 21:21, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 09:06:46PM +0000, Fabrizio Cucci wrote: >> Shouldn't the wrong flag be surrounded by two single quotes instead of >> a back quote and a single quote? > > Some people use the matched backtick/single-quote to emulate the > non-symmetric start/end quotes used in traditional typography (and in > fact, ``foo'' in languages like asciidoc are typically rendered using > smart-quotes). I definitely didn't know about the use of them in traditional typography! But I couldn't find any example of non-symmetric quotes in AsciiDoc... > So I think what you are seeing is not wrong in the sense of being > unintended by the author of the message. I had the opposite impression from the quick search in the GitHub repo, this is why I wrote here looking for some confirmation. > I don't know how much we care about standardizing that punctuation. I mentioned it was very minor but, still, in my opinion a project like Git deserves consistent punctuation! :)