On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 12:57:02AM +0000, Kyle Lippincott via GitGitGadget wrote:

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>

BTW, for git.git patches you should indent example snippets like this
rather than using markdown backticks.

Because it's not indented, "git am" thinks that "--- a/tmp/..." is the
start of the diff, and the rest of the commit message is lost (and of
course the patch does not apply, because we have no such file).

Leaving the "```" doesn't hurt anything, but of course it is not
rendered by git-log, etc (nor even GitHub's web interface, since they
don't assume commit messages themselves are markdown). IMHO it is ugly
and not necessary if you've indented.

Looks like Junio kindly fixed this up while applying already, so no need
to resend. Just thought I'd mention it for the future.

-Peff