On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 07:16:49AM -0700, Lars Schneider wrote: > Hi, > > I just noticed that a space between "-f" and "git" is missing in `man git-branch`. > The space is present in "Documentation/git-branch.txt", though. I am using `man` > version 1.6c on macOS. > > -f, --force > Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists already. Without > -fgit branch refuses to change an existing branch. In combination with -d (or > ^^ > > Can you reproduce the "problem"? I don't see it on my copy (Debian man-db 2.7.6.1-2) . What does: cd Documentation make git-branch.1 grep Without git-branch.xml show? I see: ... <literal>-f</literal> <emphasis>git branch</emphasis> ... If there's no space there, then the problem is in asciidoc. If not, then we can further check: grep -A3 Without git-branch.1 I get: Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists already\&. Without \fB\-f\fR \fIgit branch\fR refuses to change an existing branch\&. In combination with Since there's no space there, I think we're relying on roff to insert one between lines. I'm not familiar enough with roff to say if that's a reasonable expectation or not. But if the problem is at this level, it's actually an issue between docbook and roff, and there's probably not a lot we can do on the Git side. We do have some hacks/workarounds for broken versions of the toolchain. You can try tweaking various knobs you find in Documentation/Makefile). DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP sounds promising, but I think it actually does the opposite (removes extra spaces). -Peff
