Re: [PATCH] State correct usage of backticks for options in man pages in the coding guidelines

2013-11-13 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Jason St. John wrote: + Backticks are used around options or commands: + `--pretty=oneline` + `git rev-list` You might want to include configuration variables like `remote.pushdefault` here. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to

Re: [PATCH] State correct usage of backticks for options in man pages in the coding guidelines

2013-11-13 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jason St. John jstj...@purdue.edu writes: + Backticks are used around options or commands: + `--pretty=oneline` + `git rev-list` I'd prefer to see the objective stated before a particular means to achieve it. I.e. not backticks around options and commands, but literal examples (e.g. use

[PATCH] State correct usage of backticks for options in man pages in the coding guidelines

2013-11-12 Thread Jason St. John
The man pages contain inconsistent usage of backticks vs. single quotes around options and commands that are in paragraphs. This commit states that backticks should always be used around options and commands. This commit also states that -- and friends should be left unescaped (e.g. use