Re: [PATCH] Documentation: git-format-patch.txt rewordings and cleanups

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stephen Boyd <bebarino@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> How about a sentence with no negation?
>>
>> "Note that the leading dot is required if you want a dot between the
>> patch name and the suffix."
>
> How about a sentence that does not sound requirement but freedom?
>
> "The leading character does not have to be a dot; for example, you
> can use --suffix=-patch to get 0001-description-of-my-change-patch".

Looks even better. Do we still want to start off by saying "Note that the..." ?
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