Replace double quotes around literal examples with backticks Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitcli.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 3146413..41bed29 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ scripting Git: `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree. - * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated + * many commands allow a long option `--option` to be abbreviated only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option - whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to - invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out + whose name begins with `opt`, you may be able to spell `--opt` to + invoke the `--option` flag), but you should fully spell them out when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a - new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize", + new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. `--optimize`, to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique. @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ prefix of a long option as if it is fully spelled out, but use this with a caution. For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix, -e.g `git commit --amenity" option. +e.g. `git commit --amenity` option. Separating argument from the option -- 1.8.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html