[svnbook] r3674 committed - * en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml:...

C. Michael Pilato cmpilato at red-bean.com
Sat Feb 6 23:53:11 CST 2010


Julian Foad wrote:
>> @@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@
>>             automatically.</para>
>>
>>           <para>The <computeroutput>C</computeroutput> stands for
>> -          <computeroutput>c</computeroutput>onflict.  This means that
>> +          conflict.  This means that
> 
> Hi songdongsheng.
> 
> That <computeroutput> tag was intentional, and is used in the same way
> in several other places in that chapter. It is intended to emphasize
> that the first letter of the word matches the "C" that svn prints. (In
> some cases it matches a letter that isn't the first, such as G matching
> "mer[g]ed".)

Actually, I agree with the change, and only wish that similar changes had
been made elsewhere in the chapter.  We shouldn't be abusing a content
markup language just to produce a particular stylistic rendering.

I'll commit a follow-up that restores consistency.

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