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There are issues in commit e9ccfc1:
fix(git-pull.adoc): fix man page typo
Commit not signed off

/allow

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/preview

Error: Could not determine full name of snowdroppe

/preview

Preview email sent as [email protected]

/submit

Submitted as [email protected]

To fetch this version into FETCH_HEAD:

git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v1

To fetch this version to local tag pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v1:

git fetch --no-tags https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ tag pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v1

On the Git mailing list, "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" wrote (reply to this):

Nice fix.

> docs(git-pull.adoc): fix man page typo

Correct, you need an “area” in front of the message. But if you want
something like “docs” it would be more typical/conventional with
something like this:

    doc: pull:

or:

    doc: git-pull:

And then for the rest you don’t need “man page typo” since we know that
this is a doc already. And “man page” is too specific since you can make
HTML as well. Maybe:

    fix typo in command

On Fri, Nov 28, 2025, at 14:16, Stefan Rieche via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: snowdroppe <[email protected]>
>
> Fix typo in man page from "git --rebase abort"
> to "git rebase --abort"
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Rieche <[email protected]>

The `From:` (author) and signoff line should match. See `real-name` in
`Documentation/SubmittingPatches`. Either a pseudonym or real/preferred
name. But it looks like you want to use your real name.

I see on the PR that you have used `snowdroppe <[email protected]>`
as the author on the commit. You can change your config for the project
to use the same name and email as the signoff line. Then

    git commit --amend --reset-author

And force push to the branch on the remote.

> ---
>     docs(git-pull.adoc): fix man page typo
>
> Published-As:
> https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2111%2Fsnowdroppe%2Fmaster-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git
> pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2111
>
>  Documentation/git-pull.adoc | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.adoc b/Documentation/git-pull.adoc
> index cd3bbc90e3..d3006359ed 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-pull.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.adoc
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ or `pull.ff` with your preferred behaviour.
>
>  If there's a merge conflict during the merge or rebase that you don't
>  want to handle, you can safely abort it with `git merge --abort` or `git
> ---rebase abort`.
> +rebase --abort`.
>
>  OPTIONS
>  -------
>
> base-commit: b31ab939fe8e3cbe8be48dddd1c6ac0265991f45
> --
> gitgitgadget

User "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <[email protected]> has been added to the cc: list.

/preview

Preview email sent as [email protected]

/submit

Submitted as [email protected]

To fetch this version into FETCH_HEAD:

git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v2

To fetch this version to local tag pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v2:

git fetch --no-tags https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ tag pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v2

On the Git mailing list, Junio C Hamano wrote (reply to this):

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <[email protected]> writes:

> Nice fix.
>
>> docs(git-pull.adoc): fix man page typo
>
> Correct, you need an “area” in front of the message. But if you want
> something like “docs” it would be more typical/conventional with
> something like this:
>
>     doc: pull:
>
> or:
>
>     doc: git-pull:

or

	doc: fix typo in git-pull.adoc

>> Fix typo in man page from "git --rebase abort"
>> to "git rebase --abort"
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Rieche <[email protected]>
>
> The `From:` (author) and signoff line should match. See `real-name` in
> `Documentation/SubmittingPatches`. Either a pseudonym or real/preferred
> name. But it looks like you want to use your real name.
>
> I see on the PR that you have used `snowdroppe <[email protected]>`
> as the author on the commit. You can change your config for the project
> to use the same name and email as the signoff line. Then
>
>     git commit --amend --reset-author
>
> And force push to the branch on the remote.

Great.  Which would mean that the in-body From: line early in the
message will also say Stefan Rieche, not snowdroppe.

Thanks for a review.

/submit

Error: a4a2c58 was already submitted

/preview

Preview email sent as [email protected]

/submit

Submitted as [email protected]

To fetch this version into FETCH_HEAD:

git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v3

To fetch this version to local tag pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v3:

git fetch --no-tags https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ tag pr-git-2111/snowdroppe/master-v3

Mmmmm

De verdad pensé que todos ya sabían esto pero veo que no, ahora entiendo porque me hacker. Porque siempre estuvieron encima.