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doc: format-rev: quote subject placeholder before and after 

We first talk about just `%s`, but then show the result with
quotes. That is inconsistent. Let’s use quotes both in the format
as well as in the result.

The implied input here, which is not spelled out for brevity, is:

    Did we not fix this in <commit object name>?

Which is then supposed to be formatted to `"<subject>"`.

Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ acts as a _terminator_, not a _separator_. In other words, the final
line or record is also terminated by the terminator character.

The mode `--stdin-mode=text` replaces each object name with the
formatted commit, i.e. the format `%s` would transform some commit
object name to `<subject>` without any termination. Like this:
formatted commit, i.e. the format `"%s"` would transform some commit
object name to `"<subject>"` without any termination. Like this:

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Did we not fix this in "<subject>"?