Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] advice: use backticks for code

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

Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> writes:

> Use backticks for quoting code rather than single quotes.

Good.  Technically it does not have to be "code", but rather what
the user would literally type from their keyboard verbatim, but
"quoting code" is so concise way to describe, it probably is good
enough hint for future developers who will find this commit via "git
blame" and read "git show" to read this explanation.

> Also replace “the add command” with “`git add`”.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
> ---
>  Documentation/config/advice.txt | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
> index cfca87a6aa2..df447dd5d14 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
> @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ advice.*::
>  	These variables control various optional help messages designed to
>  	aid new users.  When left unconfigured, Git will give the message
>  	alongside instructions on how to squelch it.  You can tell Git
> -	that you do not need the help message by setting these to 'false':
> +	that you do not need the help message by setting these to `false`:
>  +
>  --
>  	addEmbeddedRepo::
>  		Shown when the user accidentally adds one
>  		git repo inside of another.
>  	addEmptyPathspec::
> -		Shown when the user runs the add command without providing
> +		Shown when the user runs `git add` without providing
>  		the pathspec parameter.
>  	addIgnoredFile::
>  		Shown when the user attempts to add an ignored file to
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ advice.*::
>  		non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
>  	pushNonFFMatching::
>  		Shown when the user ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
> -		'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. used ':', or
> +		'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. used `:`, or
>  		specified a refspec that isn't the current branch) and
>  		it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
>  	pushRefNeedsUpdate::
> @@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ advice.*::
>  		refs/heads/* or refs/tags/* based on the type of the
>  		source object.
>  	pushUpdateRejected::
> -		Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
> -		'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
> -		'pushFetchFirst', 'pushNeedsForce', and 'pushRefNeedsUpdate'
> +		Set this variable to `false` if you want to disable
> +		`pushNonFFCurrent`, `pushNonFFMatching`, `pushAlreadyExists`,
> +		`pushFetchFirst`, `pushNeedsForce`, and `pushRefNeedsUpdate`
>  		simultaneously.
>  	resetNoRefresh::
>  		Shown when linkgit:git-reset[1] takes more than 2