On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:55:52 -0700 Junio C. Hamano wrote: > J Smith <dark.pa...@gmail.com> writes: > >> grep.extendedRegexp:: >> - If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. >> + If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This >> + option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set. > > We are not going to make grep.patternType a boolean, so "when ... is > set" is fine, but if we were to allow grep.patternType to be set to > "false", the description gives ambiguity to some readers who do. > Perhaps s/is set/is given/ is safer.
I'm not a native speaker, but to me "is given" implies command line (the meaning is clear here, it just sounds a bit weird). If it's not just me, "is used" or "has a value" might be better. -- Štěpán -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
