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* jj/doc-markup-gitcli:
  Documentation/gitcli.txt: fix double quotes
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Junio C Hamano committed Dec 3, 2013
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Expand Up @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ scripting Git:
`git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work
if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree.

* many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated
* many commands allow a long option `--option` to be abbreviated
only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option
whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to
invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out
whose name begins with `opt`, you may be able to spell `--opt` to
invoke the `--option` flag), but you should fully spell them out
when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a
new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize",
new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. `--optimize`,
to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique.


Expand Down Expand Up @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ prefix of a long option as if it is fully spelled out, but use this
with a caution. For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you
typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version
of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix,
e.g `git commit --amenity" option.
e.g. `git commit --amenity` option.


Separating argument from the option
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