diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 14f861a..11f37d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ blank lines are ignored.
The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
-characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable
+characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
must belong to some section, which means that there must be section
header before first setting of a variable.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ in the section header, like in example below:
--------
Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote
-'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`',
+`"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple
lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
-characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value
+characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value
for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to
preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains
beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';').
-Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must
-be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'.
+Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable value must
+be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
-The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized:
-'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
-and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
+The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
+`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
+and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
char sequences are valid.
-Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the
+Variable value ending in a `\` is continued on the next line in the
customary UNIX fashion.
Some variables may require special value format.
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ core.pager::
to override git's default settings this way, you need
to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
- to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the
+ to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
shell by git, which will translate the final command to
- "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`".
+ `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ pager.<cmd>::
particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
`\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
- all commands, set `core.pager` or 'GIT_PAGER' to "`cat`".
+ all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 125d8f3..1a6c19e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object),
your HEAD becomes 'detached'.
+
-As a special case, the "`@\{-N\}`" syntax for the N-th last branch
+As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify
-"`-`" which is synonymous with "`@\{-1\}`".
+`-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`.
Detached HEADdiff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index f7be584..cc0d30f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.
------------
The area where a pair of conflicting changes happened is marked with markers
-"`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`". The part before the "`=======`"
+`<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>`. The part before the `=======`
is typically your side, and the part afterwards is typically their side.
The default format does not show what the original said in the conflicting
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ Git makes conflict resolution easy.
And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.
------------
-In addition to the "`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`" markers, it uses
-another "`|||||||`" marker that is followed by the original text. You can
+In addition to the `<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>` markers, it uses
+another `|||||||` marker that is followed by the original text. You can
tell that the original just stated a fact, and your side simply gave in to
that statement and gave up, while the other side tried to have a more
positive attitude. You can sometimes come up with a better resolution by
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 3ccef2f..5ed2bc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -299,18 +299,18 @@ previous section means the set of commits reachable from that
commit, following the commit ancestry chain.
To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix `{caret}`
-notation is used. E.g. "`{caret}r1 r2`" means commits reachable
+notation is used. E.g. `{caret}r1 r2` means commits reachable
from `r2` but exclude the ones reachable from `r1`.
This set operation appears so often that there is a shorthand
for it. When you have two commits `r1` and `r2` (named according
to the syntax explained in SPECIFYING REVISIONS above), you can ask
for commits that are reachable from r2 excluding those that are reachable
-from r1 by "`{caret}r1 r2`" and it can be written as "`r1..r2`".
+from r1 by `{caret}r1 r2` and it can be written as `r1..r2`.
-A similar notation "`r1\...r2`" is called symmetric difference
+A similar notation `r1\...r2` is called symmetric difference
of `r1` and `r2` and is defined as
-"`r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)`".
+`r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)`.
It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
`r1` or `r2` but not from both.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 29e5929..be39ed7 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are
scripting git:
* it's preferred to use the non dashed form of git commands, which means that
- you should prefer `"git foo"` to `"git-foo"`.
+ you should prefer `git foo` to `git-foo`.
- * splitting short options to separate words (prefer `"git foo -a -b"`
- to `"git foo -ab"`, the latter may not even work).
+ * splitting short options to separate words (prefer `git foo -a -b`
+ to `git foo -ab`, the latter may not even work).
* when a command line option takes an argument, use the 'sticked' form. In
- other words, write `"git foo -oArg"` instead of `"git foo -o Arg"` for short
- options, and `"git foo --long-opt=Arg"` instead of `"git foo --long-opt Arg"`
+ other words, write `git foo -oArg` instead of `git foo -o Arg` for short
+ options, and `git foo --long-opt=Arg` instead of `git foo --long-opt Arg`
for long options. An option that takes optional option-argument must be
written in the 'sticked' form.
* when you give a revision parameter to a command, make sure the parameter is
not ambiguous with a name of a file in the work tree. E.g. do not write
- `"git log -1 HEAD"` but write `"git log -1 HEAD --"`; the former will not work
+ `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work
if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree.
@@ -99,17 +99,17 @@ usage: git-describe [options] <committish>*
Negating options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Options with long option names can be negated by prefixing `"--no-"`. For
-example, `"git branch"` has the option `"--track"` which is 'on' by default. You
-can use `"--no-track"` to override that behaviour. The same goes for `"--color"`
-and `"--no-color"`.
+Options with long option names can be negated by prefixing `--no-`. For
+example, `git branch` has the option `--track` which is 'on' by default. You
+can use `--no-track` to override that behaviour. The same goes for `--color`
+and `--no-color`.
Aggregating short options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Commands that support the enhanced option parser allow you to aggregate short
-options. This means that you can for example use `"git rm -rf"` or
-`"git clean -fdx"`.
+options. This means that you can for example use `git rm -rf` or
+`git clean -fdx`.
Separating argument from the option
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 9afca75..4fc1cf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
- "`git branch -r`".
+ `git branch -r`.
[[def_pack]]pack::
A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save space
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 96af897..e33b29b 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1136,10 +1136,10 @@ Ignoring files
A project will often generate files that you do 'not' want to track with git.
This typically includes files generated by a build process or temporary
backup files made by your editor. Of course, 'not' tracking files with git
-is just a matter of 'not' calling "`git-add`" on them. But it quickly becomes
+is just a matter of 'not' calling `git-add` on them. But it quickly becomes
annoying to have these untracked files lying around; e.g. they make
-"`git add .`" practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of
-"`git status`".
+`git add .` practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of
+`git status`.
You can tell git to ignore certain files by creating a file called .gitignore
in the top level of your working directory, with contents such as:
--
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