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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-10-23 13:56:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-10-23 13:56:37 -0700 |
| commit | d12166d3c8bb12d5a1638c870fc590c4e300a413 (patch) | |
| tree | e7966e82f4d5bb09686cea32472b7075e3130ce5 /Documentation/gitcli.txt | |
| parent | 5edbcead426056b54286499149244ae4cbf8b5f7 (diff) | |
| parent | 5fbcdb2082ab5e154133048547c8f60c418b875c (diff) | |
| download | git-d12166d3c8bb12d5a1638c870fc590c4e300a413.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'en/docfixes'
Documentation typo and grammo fixes.
* en/docfixes: (25 commits)
documentation: add missing parenthesis
documentation: add missing quotes
documentation: add missing fullstops
documentation: add some commas where they are helpful
documentation: fix whitespace issues
documentation: fix capitalization
documentation: fix punctuation
documentation: use clearer prepositions
documentation: add missing hyphens
documentation: remove unnecessary hyphens
documentation: add missing article
documentation: fix choice of article
documentation: whitespace is already generally plural
documentation: fix singular vs. plural
documentation: fix verb vs. noun
documentation: fix adjective vs. noun
documentation: fix verb tense
documentation: employ consistent verb tense for a list
documentation: fix subject/verb agreement
documentation: remove extraneous words
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitcli.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcli.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 1819a5a185..e5fac94322 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ arguments. Here are the rules: A subcommand may take dashed options (which may take their own arguments, e.g. "--max-parents 2") and arguments. You SHOULD give dashed options first and then arguments. Some commands may - accept dashed options after you have already gave non-option + accept dashed options after you have already given non-option arguments (which may make the command ambiguous), but you should not rely on it (because eventually we may find a way to fix - these ambiguity by enforcing the "options then args" rule). + these ambiguities by enforcing the "options then args" rule). * Revisions come first and then paths. E.g. in `git diff v1.0 v2.0 arch/x86 include/asm-x86`, @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ arguments. Here are the rules: they can be disambiguated by placing `--` between them. E.g. `git diff -- HEAD` is, "I have a file called HEAD in my work tree. Please show changes between the version I staged in the index - and what I have in the work tree for that file", not "show difference + and what I have in the work tree for that file", not "show the difference between the HEAD commit and the work tree as a whole". You can say `git diff HEAD --` to ask for the latter. * Without disambiguating `--`, Git makes a reasonable guess, but errors - out and asking you to disambiguate when ambiguous. E.g. if you have a + out and asks you to disambiguate when ambiguous. E.g. if you have a file called HEAD in your work tree, `git diff HEAD` is ambiguous, and you have to say either `git diff HEAD --` or `git diff -- HEAD` to disambiguate. |
