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Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: avoid dangling modifier for imap-send

From: brian m. carlson <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:02:08

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 11:29:33AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
"brian m. carlson" [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Avoid a nonsensical misreading by moving the modifier closer to the
word it modifies.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 875d283..23231e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ imap.folder::
 imap.tunnel::
 	Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
 	commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
-	to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
+	to the server. Required to use imap-send when imap.host is not set.
To be honest, I find both versions are equally confusing.

How about dropping the three words "to use imap-send"?
Fine by me.

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