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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Documentation: document AUTO_MERGE
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:05:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABPp-BHyPEb1DGDy8OFq90G6QhAihZAnxsJorbxUDe+AMeJ2DA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSYJw3_eJSLr0ygPDj21vcdVK5NT1h_g1PrhA4vM+uiOA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 1:55 AM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 3:08 AM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 10:08 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 2:13 PM Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
> > > <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > +Notice that the diff shows we deleted the conflict markers and both versions,
> > > > +and wrote "Goodbye world" instead.
> > >
> > > Some grammatical problem here. Perhaps s/and both/in both/, or maybe
> > > just drop "and both versions"?
> >
> > It reads correctly as-is to me.  There were five lines dropped:
> >   * Three were lines starting with '<', '=', and '>' characters,
> > referred to as the conflict marker lines.
> >   * Two were lines containing content from each of the sides ("Hello
> > world", and "Goodbye")
> > and one line added.
> >
> > Thus, the diff shows we deleted the conflict markers (the 1st, 3rd and
> > 5th lines) and both versions (lines 2 and 4), and wrote "Goodbye
> > world" instead.
>
> Yes, upon rereading it, I can interpret it in the way it was intended.
> On my initial read-through, it sounded wrong. Perhaps, had it said
> "and both versions of the content line" or such, it wouldn't have
> tripped me up.

That suggestion reads well to me too.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-16  3:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-14 17:58 [PATCH 0/5] Document 'AUTO_MERGE' and more special refs Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-04-14 17:58 ` [PATCH 1/5] revisions.txt: document " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-04-14 18:49   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-15  5:18     ` Felipe Contreras
2023-04-14 19:49   ` Victoria Dye
2023-04-14 21:14     ` Taylor Blau
2023-04-15  5:35       ` Felipe Contreras
2023-04-14 17:58 ` [PATCH 2/5] completion: complete REVERT_HEAD and BISECT_HEAD Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-04-14 20:25   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-14 17:58 ` [PATCH 3/5] git-merge.txt: modernize word choice in "True merge" section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-04-14 20:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-14 17:58 ` [PATCH 4/5] Documentation: document AUTO_MERGE Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-04-14 21:41   ` Taylor Blau
2023-04-15  5:08   ` Eric Sunshine
2023-04-15  7:08     ` Elijah Newren
2023-04-15  8:55       ` Eric Sunshine
2023-04-16  3:05         ` Elijah Newren [this message]
2023-04-15  7:03   ` Elijah Newren
2023-04-15 15:36     ` Philippe Blain
2023-04-15 23:31       ` Elijah Newren
2023-04-14 17:58 ` [PATCH 5/5] completion: complete AUTO_MERGE Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-04-14 18:34 ` [PATCH 0/5] Document 'AUTO_MERGE' and more special refs Junio C Hamano
2023-04-14 19:49 ` Victoria Dye
2023-04-15  7:09 ` Elijah Newren
2023-04-16 10:26   ` Chris Torek
2023-05-22 19:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-05-22 19:28   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] revisions.txt: use description list for " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-05-22 19:28   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] revisions.txt: document more " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-05-22 19:28   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] completion: complete REVERT_HEAD and BISECT_HEAD Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-05-22 19:28   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] git-merge.txt: modernize word choice in "True merge" section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-05-22 19:29   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Documentation: document AUTO_MERGE Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-05-22 19:29   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] completion: complete AUTO_MERGE Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2023-06-01  6:18   ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Document 'AUTO_MERGE' and more special refs Elijah Newren
2023-06-01  7:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-06-01  7:30   ` Junio C Hamano

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