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* rj/doc-formatting-fix:
  howto/revert-a-faulty-merge: fix unescaped '^'s
  howto/setup-git-server-over-http: fix unescaped '^'s
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Jonathan Nieder 11 years ago
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      Documentation/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt
  2. 4
      Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt

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Documentation/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt

@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ where A and B are on the side development that was not so good, M is the @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ where A and B are on the side development that was not so good, M is the
merge that brings these premature changes into the mainline, x are changes
unrelated to what the side branch did and already made on the mainline,
and W is the "revert of the merge M" (doesn't W look M upside down?).
IOW, "diff W^..W" is similar to "diff -R M^..M".
IOW, `"diff W^..W"` is similar to `"diff -R M^..M"`.

Such a "revert" of a merge can be made with:

@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ If you reverted the revert in such a case as in the previous example: @@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ If you reverted the revert in such a case as in the previous example:
---A---B A'--B'--C'

where Y is the revert of W, A' and B' are rerolled A and B, and there may
also be a further fix-up C' on the side branch. "diff Y^..Y" is similar
to "diff -R W^..W" (which in turn means it is similar to "diff M^..M"),
and "diff A'^..C'" by definition would be similar but different from that,
also be a further fix-up C' on the side branch. `"diff Y^..Y"` is similar
to `"diff -R W^..W"` (which in turn means it is similar to `"diff M^..M"`),
and `"diff A'^..C'"` by definition would be similar but different from that,
because it is a rerolled series of the earlier change. There will be a
lot of overlapping changes that result in conflicts. So do not do "revert
of revert" blindly without thinking..

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Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt

@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Initialize a bare repository @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Initialize a bare repository
$ git --bare init


Change the ownership to your web-server's credentials. Use "grep ^User
httpd.conf" and "grep ^Group httpd.conf" to find out:
Change the ownership to your web-server's credentials. Use `"grep ^User
httpd.conf"` and `"grep ^Group httpd.conf"` to find out:

$ chown -R www.www .


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