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authorP. J. McDermott <pehjota>2012-09-22 02:55:38 (EDT)
committer P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2012-09-22 02:55:38 (EDT)
commitf6dd6f79b5f5a8ce6faeecb342a931c070c4766d (patch)
tree6fc1a79aeb92ad6d289069df9c89a4432f5d0364 /wiki/editing.mdwn
parentbbf3cf7e69e0416a0fefb30c4ceccd9eedf0a7bf (diff)
Improve some wording in "Editing this Wiki".
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@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ repository and make it your working directory:
Editing, Staging, and Committing
--------------------------------
-Now you can simply edit files in your favorite text editor.
+With the repository cloned, you can simply edit files in your favorite text
+editor.
When you've made some changes, stage them to the index with **git-add**(1) and
commit them to the repository with **git-commit**(1). For example:
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ commit them to the repository with **git-commit**(1). For example:
git add wiki/editing.mdwn
git commit
-All of the usual recommendations for commit messages (50-character summary,
-followed optionally by an empty line and detailed text wrapped at 72 characters)
-apply.
+All of the usual recommendations for commit messages (a summary no longer than
+50 characters, followed optionally by an empty line and detailed text wrapped at
+72 characters) apply.
Be aware that the author usernames shown in the wiki's
[[change_log|recentchanges]] come from the author email addresses in commits.