* [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix awkward wording for "-c"
@ 2021-02-03 21:07 Jeff King
2021-02-03 21:13 ` Taylor Blau
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jeff King @ 2021-02-03 21:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
The description for "-c" is hard to parse. I think the big issue is lack
of commas, but I've also reordered the words to keep the main focus
point of "instead of renaming, copy" together.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Just happened to be reading this when writing the nearby completion
patch.
Documentation/git-branch.txt | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index adaa1782a8..eb815c2248 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ renaming. If <newbranch> exists, -M must be used to force the rename
to happen.
The `-c` and `-C` options have the exact same semantics as `-m` and
-`-M`, except instead of the branch being renamed it along with its
-config and reflog will be copied to a new name.
+`-M`, except instead of the branch being renamed, it will be copied to a
+new name, along with its config and reflog.
With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may
specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently
--
2.30.0.882.gf229bd7cc9
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* Re: [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix awkward wording for "-c"
2021-02-03 21:07 [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix awkward wording for "-c" Jeff King
@ 2021-02-03 21:13 ` Taylor Blau
2021-02-04 1:21 ` Robert Karszniewicz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Taylor Blau @ 2021-02-03 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff King; +Cc: git
On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:07:32PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> The description for "-c" is hard to parse. I think the big issue is lack
> of commas, but I've also reordered the words to keep the main focus
> point of "instead of renaming, copy" together.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Much clearer, thanks. I'm only responding to acknowledge that it reads
more clearly to me, too.
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* Re: [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix awkward wording for "-c"
2021-02-03 21:13 ` Taylor Blau
@ 2021-02-04 1:21 ` Robert Karszniewicz
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Robert Karszniewicz @ 2021-02-04 1:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Taylor Blau; +Cc: Jeff King, git
On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:07:32PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> > The description for "-c" is hard to parse. I think the big issue is lack
> > of commas, but I've also reordered the words to keep the main focus
> > point of "instead of renaming, copy" together.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
>
> Much clearer, thanks. I'm only responding to acknowledge that it reads
> more clearly to me, too.
I second that, much better. Thanks.
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