Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation: stylistically normalize references to Signed-off-by:

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"Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Ted reported an old typo in the git-commit.txt and merge-options.txt.
> Namely, the phrase "Signed-off-by line" was used without either a
> definite nor indefinite article.
>
> Upon examination, it seems that the documentation (including items in
> Documentation/, but also option help strings) have been quite
> inconsistent on usage when referring to `Signed-off-by`.

Thanks.  This must have been a lot of proofreading ;-)

It seems the patches [1-3/4] are identical to what has been queued
in 'seen', which is a good sign.  There was a reversion of a typofix
in the log message of one of them, though.

> diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
> index 0a69810147..b7bbbeadef 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
> @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Automating
>  	the value of `sendemail.identity`.
>  
>  --[no-]signed-off-by-cc::
> -	If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
> +	If this is set, add emails found in the `Signed-off-by` trailer or Cc: lines to the
>  	cc list. Default is the value of `sendemail.signedoffbycc` configuration
>  	value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
>  
> @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Automating
>    except for self (use 'self' for that).
>  - 'bodycc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
>    patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that).
> -- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
>
> +- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in the Signed-off-by trailers except
>    for self (use 'self' for that).
>  - 'misc-by' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Acked-by,
>    Reviewed-by, Tested-by and other "-by" lines in the patch body,
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt

Did you hand edit the second hunk starting at line 340 to
git-send-email.txt?  I've fixed it up manually, so no need to
resend.

Thanks.



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