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@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
-[verse]
-'git show' [<options>] [<object>...]
+[synopsis]
+git show [<options>] [<object>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits).
For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also
presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by
-'git diff-tree --cc'.
+`git diff-tree --cc`.
For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects.
-For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to 'git ls-tree'
-with --name-only).
+For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to `git ls-tree`
+with `--name-only`).
For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
-Some options that 'git log' command understands can be used to
+Some options that `git log` command understands can be used to
control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
OPTIONS
-------
-<object>...::
- The names of objects to show (defaults to 'HEAD').
+`<object>...`::
+ The names of objects to show (defaults to `HEAD`).
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].