Re: [PATCH] Documentation: minor consistency fixes in git-difftool.txt.

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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: minor consistency fixes in git-difftool.txt.

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:28

David Aguilar [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-difftool.txt |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 5ae02f8..23070c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 'git-difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
-between revisions using common diff tools.  'git difftool' is a frontend
+between revisions using common diff tools.  'git-difftool' is a frontend
I thought that the recent trend is to spell these as 'git difftool' (two
separate words), although I didn't follow the discussion on quoting styles
closely, so I do not know which of sq, dq or backtick is preferred.

Can somebody help me out here?

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: minor consistency fixes in git-difftool.txt.

From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:28

Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 25.03.2009 08:17:
David Aguilar [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-difftool.txt |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 5ae02f8..23070c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 'git-difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
-between revisions using common diff tools.  'git difftool' is a frontend
+between revisions using common diff tools.  'git-difftool' is a frontend
I thought that the recent trend is to spell these as 'git difftool' (two
separate words), although I didn't follow the discussion on quoting styles
closely, so I do not know which of sq, dq or backtick is preferred.

Can somebody help me out here?
I'd say it's backticks for commands/code, but I think discussion about a
style guide is still on.

Michael

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: minor consistency fixes in git-difftool.txt.

From: David Aguilar <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:28

On  0, Michael J Gruber [off-list ref] wrote:
Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 25.03.2009 08:17:
quoted
David Aguilar [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 'git-difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
-between revisions using common diff tools.  'git difftool' is a frontend
+between revisions using common diff tools.  'git-difftool' is a frontend
I thought that the recent trend is to spell these as 'git difftool' (two
separate words), although I didn't follow the discussion on quoting styles
closely, so I do not know which of sq, dq or backtick is preferred.

Can somebody help me out here?
I'd say it's backticks for commands/code, but I think discussion about a
style guide is still on.

Michael

Cool, I'll keep my eye on it.

I was merely going for consistency with the existing
documentation (such as git-mergetool.txt).
Once a consensus is reached I'll go ahead and follow suite.

Thanks,

-- 

	David
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