bug report, v1.7.12.1 -- user-manual.xml:3739: parser error

From: Hugh Esco <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:54:54

Apologies for duplicates.  
Perhaps the patch below will earn me a small bit of leeway.

-- Hugh Esco

doing a source install of git v1.7.12.1, 
on the `make all doc` step, I get:

user-manual.xml:3739: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: emphasis line 3739 and literal
  char <emphasis role="strong"></literal>, but is actually expected to be a poin
                                         ^
user-manual.xml:3741: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: literal line 3741 and emphasis
mit.  Note that whenever a SHA-1 is passed as <literal>unsigned char </emphasis>
                                                                               ^
unable to parse user-manual.xml
make[1]: *** [user-manual.html] Error 6
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/git-git-51993a4/Documentation'
make: *** [doc] Error 2

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and the patch which permitted me to proceed
although it removes a malformed <emphasis> tag
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3739c3739
<   char </literal>, but is actually expected to be a pointer to <literal>unsigned
---
  char <emphasis role="strong"></literal>, but is actually expected to be a pointer to <literal>unsigned
3741c3741
<   commit.  Note that whenever a SHA-1 is passed as <literal>unsigned char </literal>, it
---
  commit.  Note that whenever a SHA-1 is passed as <literal>unsigned char </emphasis></literal>, it
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I've encountered another issue with:
Documentation/git-bundle.xml

I will post the details in a distinct message, 
perhaps even with another patch if I can sort this out.

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