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From: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix --force description typo
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:54:41 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221226165441.126625-1-kyle@kyleam.com> (raw)

Update the description of --force to use '<start-point>' rather than
'<startpoint>' to match the spelling used everywhere else in the
git-branch documentation.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 12c5f84e3b..aa2f78c4c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-	Reset <branchname> to <startpoint>, even if <branchname> exists
+	Reset <branchname> to <start-point>, even if <branchname> exists
 	already. Without `-f`, 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch.
 	In combination with `-d` (or `--delete`), allow deleting the
 	branch irrespective of its merged status, or whether it even
-- 
2.38.1


             reply	other threads:[~2022-12-26 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-26 16:54 Kyle Meyer [this message]
2022-12-27  4:46 ` [PATCH] doc/git-branch: fix --force description typo Junio C Hamano

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