On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>> + This option is equivalent to the <repository> argument; the latter
>>> + wins if both are specified.
>>
>> To what does "latter" refer in this case? (I presume it means the
>> standalone <repository> argument, though the text feels ambiguous.)
>>
>> Also, both the standalone argument and the right-hand-side of --repo=
>> are spelled "<repository>", so there may be potential for confusion
>> when talking about <repository> (despite the subsequent "argument").
>> Perhaps qualifying it as "_standalone_ <repository> argument" might
>> help.
>
> I didn't find that "latter" too hard to understand (I admit that my
> reading stuttered there, though).
>
> I do not think saying "standalone <repository> argument" there would
> help very much, because there is no mention of "standalone" around
> there. The earlier part of the sentence mentions "option" and
> "argument", so "the repository specified as an argument is used if
> both this option and an argument are given" or something?
Yes, that addresses the two (minor) ambiguities and sounds fine.
Thinking about it afterward, I came up with this:
This option is equivalent to the <repository> argument. If both
are specified, the command-line argument takes precedence.
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