From 1a3eb9a0325fc1d1d168b517210b7760d31d3022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 22:37:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/notes: nitpicks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Spell out “or” in the NAME line and simplify the leading sentence in the DESCRIPTION. Some other language cleanups, too. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-notes.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index d868535ee9..de63ef0745 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-notes(1) NAME ---- -git-notes - Add/inspect object notes +git-notes - Add or inspect object notes SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command allows you to add/remove notes to/from objects, without -changing the objects themselves. +Adds, removes, or reads notes attached to objects, without touching +the objects themselves. By default, notes are saved to and read from `refs/notes/commits`, but this default can be overridden. See the OPTIONS, CONFIGURATION, and ENVIRONMENT sections below. If this ref does not exist, it will be quietly created when it is first needed to store a note. -A typical use of notes is to extend a commit message without having -to change the commit itself. Such commit notes can be shown by `git log` -along with the original commit message. To discern these notes from the +A typical use of notes is to supplement a commit message without +changing the commit itself. Notes can be shown by 'git log' along with +the original commit message. To distinguish these notes from the message stored in the commit object, the notes are indented like the message, after an unindented line saying "Notes ():" (or "Notes:" for `refs/notes/commits`).