From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Dirk Gouders <dirk@gouders.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] doc/gitcli: minor fixes
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 13:55:07 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqik1znkn8.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261114201632.103400-1-dirk@gouders.net> (Dirk Gouders's message of "Sat, 14 Nov 2026 21:15:44 +0100")
Dirk Gouders <dirk@gouders.net> writes:
> -This manual describes the convention used throughout Git CLI.
> +This manual describes the conventions used throughout Git CLI.
OK.
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ arguments. Here are the rules:
> `v1.0` and `v2.0` are revisions and `arch/x86` and `include/asm-x86`
> are paths.
>
> - * When an argument can be misunderstood as either a revision or a path,
> + * When arguments can be misunderstood as either a revision or a path,
> they can be disambiguated by placing `--` between them.
I would rather have left the subject as-is, and then rewrote the
conclusion part to "it can be disambiguated by placing `--` before
or arter it". Once you start talking about multiple arguments, you
would have to also reorder them so that all revs come first, then
'--', and then all paths.
> @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ you will.
> Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are
> scripting Git:
>
> - * Splitting short options to separate words (prefer `git foo -a -b`
> - to `git foo -ab`, the latter may not even work).
> + * Split short options to separate words: prefer `git foo -a -b`
> + to `git foo -ab` (the latter may not even work).
OK.
Thanks.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-14 20:15 [PATCH 1/1] doc/gitcli: minor fixes Dirk Gouders
2026-11-14 21:55 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-11-14 22:09 ` Dirk Gouders
2026-11-14 22:23 ` [PATCH v2] " Dirk Gouders
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