Re: [PATCH v3 02/11] i18n: refactor "%s, %s and %s are mutually exclusive"

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On Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:26:42 CET Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget"  <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> >  	if (use_stdout + rev.diffopt.close_file + !!output_directory > 1)
> > -		die(_("--stdout, --output, and --output-directory are mutually exclusive"));
> > +		die(_("options '%s', '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--stdout", "--output", "--output-directory");
> 
> We probably want to preserve the Oxford comma here, and unify the
> ones that didn't use Oxford comma to use it.
> 

Oh. I wasn't even aware of this holy war (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma). It would be good to add this style specification
for writing our messages and documents.

Will make another pass.

Thanks






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