| Message ID | YBsQlC03pJgYUHde@coredump.intra.peff.net (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 27dc071b9a11e953ea7d73bfdf6103940d039215 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | doc/git-branch: fix awkward wording for "-c" | expand |
On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:07:32PM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > The description for "-c" is hard to parse. I think the big issue is lack > of commas, but I've also reordered the words to keep the main focus > point of "instead of renaming, copy" together. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Much clearer, thanks. I'm only responding to acknowledge that it reads more clearly to me, too.
On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:07:32PM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > > The description for "-c" is hard to parse. I think the big issue is lack > > of commas, but I've also reordered the words to keep the main focus > > point of "instead of renaming, copy" together. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> > > Much clearer, thanks. I'm only responding to acknowledge that it reads > more clearly to me, too. I second that, much better. Thanks.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index adaa1782a8..eb815c2248 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ renaming. If <newbranch> exists, -M must be used to force the rename to happen. The `-c` and `-C` options have the exact same semantics as `-m` and -`-M`, except instead of the branch being renamed it along with its -config and reflog will be copied to a new name. +`-M`, except instead of the branch being renamed, it will be copied to a +new name, along with its config and reflog. With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently
The description for "-c" is hard to parse. I think the big issue is lack of commas, but I've also reordered the words to keep the main focus point of "instead of renaming, copy" together. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> --- Just happened to be reading this when writing the nearby completion patch. Documentation/git-branch.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)