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Re: [PATCH 08/10] merge-strategies.txt: fix simple capitalization error

From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-03 23:01:44

Hi Elijah,

On Tue, 3 Aug 2021, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
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From: Elijah Newren <redacted>

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <redacted>
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 Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 7044afba362..b4429954480 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to the deprecated
 where commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will.
 +
 It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the
-`recursive` merge strategy; Different merge strategies can be used only via
+`recursive` merge strategy; different merge strategies can be used only via
I am not a native speaker, so I'm eager to learn what is the correct thing
to do here. In particular since I continued in lower-case after a
semicolon for _years_, right up until some native speaker mentioned that
that's only correct if I continue with an incomplete sentence. If a
complete sentence follows the semicolon, so the advice went, I should
start the sentence with an upper-case letter.

Could you help me understand the correct rules here?

Thanks,
Dscho
 explicit `exec git merge -s <strategy> [...]` commands.
 +
 See also REBASING MERGES and INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
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