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gitgitgadget Bot commented May 16, 2026

There is an issue in commit 92e1ade:
doc: convert git-grep synopsis and options to new style

  • Lines in the body of the commit messages should be wrapped between 60 and 76 characters.
    Indented lines, and lines without whitespace, are exempt

@jnavila jnavila changed the title Bisect synopsis style doc: convert another batch of files to synopsis style May 16, 2026
Convert Documentation/git-bisect.adoc to the modern synopsis style.

- Replace [verse] with [synopsis] in the SYNOPSIS block
- Remove single quotes around command names in the synopsis
- Use backticks for inline commands, options, refs, and special values
- Apply [synopsis] attribute to in-body command-form code blocks
- Format OPTIONS entries with backtick-quoted terms and direct
  description text (no leading + continuation paragraph)
- Format man page references as `command`(N)

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
@jnavila jnavila force-pushed the bisect-synopsis-style branch from 993c30d to ffa683e Compare May 16, 2026 17:57
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gitgitgadget Bot commented May 16, 2026

There is an issue in commit e9f3890:
doc: convert git-grep synopsis and options to new style

  • Lines in the body of the commit messages should be wrapped between 60 and 76 characters.
    Indented lines, and lines without whitespace, are exempt

jnavila added 4 commits May 16, 2026 20:00
Convert git-grep.adoc from [verse]/single-quote style to the modern
synopsis-block style:

- Replace [verse] with [synopsis] in SYNOPSIS block
- Change 'git grep' to git grep (no single quotes)
- Backtick-quote all OPTIONS terms
- Convert inline man page refs: grep(1) -> `grep`(1)
- Convert inline command refs: 'git diff' -> `git diff`
- Convert prose placeholders: <file> -> _<file>_

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Convert git-am from [verse]/single-quote style to the modern
synopsis-block style:

- Replace [verse] with [synopsis] in SYNOPSIS block
- Backtick-quote all OPTIONS terms
- Convert inline man page refs
- Convert inline command refs
- Convert prose placeholders:

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Convert git-apply from [verse]/single-quote style to the modern
synopsis-block style:

- Replace [verse] with [synopsis] in SYNOPSIS block
- Backtick-quote all OPTIONS terms and config keys in config/apply.adoc
- Convert single-quoted inline commands ('git apply', 'diff', etc.)
- Wrap standalone placeholders in underscores (<n>, <root>, <action>)
- Backtick-quote `*.rej` and GNU `patch` tool references

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Convert git-imap-send from [verse]/single-quote style to the modern
synopsis-block style:

- Replace [verse] with [synopsis] in SYNOPSIS block
- Backtick-quote all OPTIONS terms
- Backtick-quote all config keys in config/imap.adoc
- Backtick-quote bare config key references in prose

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
@jnavila jnavila force-pushed the bisect-synopsis-style branch from ffa683e to eb64d0e Compare May 16, 2026 18:01
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