"Kyle Lippincott via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:

From: Kyle Lippincott <redacted>

Commit a38edab7c8 (Makefile: generate doc versions via GIT-VERSION-GEN,
2024-12-06) moved these variables from the Makefile to asciidoc.conf.in.
When doing so, some extraneous quotes were added; these are visible in
the generated .xml files, at least, and possibly in other locations:

--- a/tmp/orig-git-bisect.xml
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 <refentry lang="en">
 <refentryinfo>
     <title>git-bisect(1)</title>
-    <date>2024-12-06</date>
-<revhistory><revision><date>2024-12-06</date></revision></revhistory>
+    <date>'2024-12-06'</date>^M
+<revhistory><revision><date>'2024-12-06'</date></revision></revhistory>^M
 </refentryinfo>
 <refmeta>
 <refentrytitle>git-bisect</refentrytitle>
 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
-<refmiscinfo class="source">Git 2.47.1.409.g9bb10d27e7</refmiscinfo>
-<refmiscinfo class="manual">Git Manual</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="source">'Git 2.47.1.410.ga38edab7c8'</refmiscinfo>^M
+<refmiscinfo class="manual">'Git Manual'</refmiscinfo>^M
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv>
     <refname>git-bisect</refname>

Thanks for filling the blanks in ;-)

The above differences however seem to be absorbed before these
strings reach git-bisect.1 by the documentation toolchain;
Running Documentation/doc-diff with --asciidoc or --asciidoctor
options do not show the difference in single quotes.

Nevertheless it is a "fix" to make the conversion a38edab7c8
attempted to do a more faithful one to the original, so I'll still
take it.

Thanks.