Re: [PATCH 2/4] doc: convert git-format-patch synopsis and options to new style

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> Backtick-quote all option terms in the OPTIONS section, convert
> standalone placeholders to _<placeholder>_ form, and convert
> single-quoted commands and tools in prose to backtick form.

OK.

> @@ -708,15 +708,15 @@ BASE TREE INFORMATION
>  
>  The base tree information block is used for maintainers or third party
>  testers to know the exact state the patch series applies to. It consists
> +of the "base commit", which is a well-known commit that is part of the
>  stable part of the project history everybody else works off of, and zero
> +or more "prerequisite patches", which are well-known patches in flight
> +that is not yet part of the "base commit" that need to be applied on top
> +of "base commit" in topological order before the patches can be applied.

GIven that the last part of this hunk below uses backtick-quoting
for `prerequisite patch` and `patch id`, shouldn't the references to
`base commit`, and `prerequisite patch(es)` in the above also be
backtick quoted for consistency?

> +The "base commit" is shown as "base-commit: " followed by the 40-hex of
> +the commit object name.  A `prerequisite patch` is shown as
> +"prerequisite-patch-id: " followed by the 40-hex `patch id`, which can
>  be obtained by passing the patch through the `git patch-id --stable`
>  command.