# Re: \[PATCH v2 4/9\] doc: use only hyphens as word separators in placeholders

- From: Martin Ågren \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-10-28 18:47:38 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/10/7909966
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/10/7909696/t.md

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at 18:22, Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
[ref] wrote:
>
> -       It is `<unix timestamp> <time zone offset>`, where `<unix
> +       It is `<unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>`, where `<unix-
>         timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.

This still effectively has a space -- it renders as "<unix- timestamp>".
You'll probably need to rewrap the lines a little to get rid of that.

> -** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
> +** 'separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
>     lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is
>     terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain

s/SEP/<sep>/ ?

Thanks for taking on this large task.


Martin
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