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[v3,08/10] doc: git-http-push: describe the refs as pattern pairs

Message ID 20211106184858.11500-9-jn.avila@free.fr (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 6ae7e8835359edc2e740572dabc3f1efd9b179cd
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Series doc: fix grammar rules in commands' syntax | expand

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Jean-Noël AVILA Nov. 6, 2021, 6:48 p.m. UTC 
Each member of the pair is explained but they are not defined
beforehand.

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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 Documentation/git-http-push.txt | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index 78f2bb7552..7c6a6dd7f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -63,16 +63,15 @@  of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
 cannot have a colon in it).  A single pattern '<name>' is just a
 shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
 
-Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
-and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
-pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
-side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
-destination side.
+Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before
+the colon) and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
+pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side,
+and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side.
 
- - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
+ - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the
    local refs.
 
- - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
+ - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either
 
    * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
      destination literally in this case.