Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

> For that kind of casual wording, we have used "title" on this list > for quite a long time, I think. So I'd rather see a change that > just says "title" (if we are making such a change to the > documentation, that is). This is not a very strong preference, > though. Ah, I was unaware of the us

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

Jeremy White writes: >>> I did not substantially alter this. The emphasis of this section >>> is on the broader show-branch output, and belaboring the subject would >>> be distracting and unnecessary imho. >> >> Yeah, but if that is the focus of this part of the documentation, >> wouldn't a patc

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

>> I did not substantially alter this. The emphasis of this section >> is on the broader show-branch output, and belaboring the subject would >> be distracting and unnecessary imho. > > Yeah, but if that is the focus of this part of the documentation, > wouldn't a patch to update "the first line"

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

Jeremy White writes: > Thanks for the feedback; new patch inbound. Minor nits: > >>> diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >>> b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >>> index f7815e9..92f97e6 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >>> +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.t

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

Thanks for the feedback; new patch inbound. Minor nits: >> diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >> b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >> index f7815e9..92f97e6 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt >> @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ $ git

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

From: "Jeremy White" Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:42 PM The discussion of email subject throughout the documentation is misleading; it indicates that the first line will become the subject. In fact, the first and second and third lines will become the subject, up until the first full bla

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.

Jeremy White writes: > The discussion of email subject throughout the documentation is > misleading; it indicates that the first line will become the subject. > In fact, the first and second and third lines will become the subject, > up until the first full blank line. Describing it as the first