On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 11:02 PM Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2023-09-07 10:32, Christian Couder wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 12:03 PM Toon Claes <toon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Christian Couder <christian.couder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > >> > +DESCRIPTION > >> > +----------- > >> > + > >> > +Takes a range of commits, and replays them onto a new location. Does > >> > +not touch the working tree or index, and does not update any > >> > +references. However, the output of this command is meant to be used > >> > >> Small suggestion here: > >> > >> Takes a range of commits, and replays them onto a new location. Does > >> neither touch the working tree nor index, and does not update any > >> references. > > > > I am not a native speaker, so I am not sure what's best here. I find > > your suggestion a bit less clear though, so until a native speaker > > agrees with it or maybe finds something even better, I prefer to leave > > it as-is. > > I'm also not a native English speaker, but I spent about 2.5 years > contributing a whole lot to English Wikipedia, so I'd dare to say I've > honed my English skills rather well. Thus, here's my take on this: > > Takes a range of commits and replays them onto a new location. > Leaves the working tree and the index untouched, and updates no > references. The output of this command is to be used... > > This is written in a concise yet slightly imperative way, which should > be suitable for the purpose. I hope you agree. I agree and I like it, so I have changed it to the above in version 5 I just sent. Thanks!
