# Re: \[PATCH\] Change double quotes to single quotes in message

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:26 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7406063
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7406037/t.md

```text
Jari Aalto [ref] writes:

> From 6daec692a39a1ecf0452f1ad1eb7ba6fbf5661c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jari Aalto <redacted>
> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:00:54 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Change double quotes to single quotes in message
>
> This helps selecting the text inside quotes by using mouse double-click
> action (e.g. in Putty). Functions affected: update_refs_for_switch(),
> update_refs_for_switch() and cmd_checkout().
> ---

The patch is good.

Lacks sign-off, has extra header lines in body, and the justification can
be a lot stronger.  The three you identified are the only ones among 30
hits from:

    $ git grep -n -e "printf(.*\".*['\"]%s" -- '*.c'

that use dq around the path-like things, while all others use sq.  There
also are a few similar constructs using strbuf_addf all of which use sq.
Consistency is good.

>  builtin-checkout.c |    6 +++---
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
> index 9fdfc58..49daade 100644
> --- a/builtin-checkout.c
> +++ b/builtin-checkout.c
> @@ -503,10 +503,10 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
>  		create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
>  		if (!opts->quiet) {
>  			if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path))
> -				fprintf(stderr, "Already on \"%s\"\n",
> +				fprintf(stderr, "Already on '%s'\n",
>  					new->name);
>  			else
> -				fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch \"%s\"\n",
> +				fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch '%s'\n",
>  					opts->new_branch ? " a new" : "",
>  					new->name);
>  		}
> @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
>  			   REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
>  		if (!opts->quiet) {
>  			if (old->path)
> -				fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to \"%s\" which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name);
> +				fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to '%s' which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name);
>  			describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit);
>  		}
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.6.1.3
```