Bug 17701 - wrong codes for apostrophe in the manpage
Summary: wrong codes for apostrophe in the manpage
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: git (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P2 minor
Assignee: Ivan Zakharyaschev
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
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Reported: 2008-10-28 16:28 MSK by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2008-10-28 17:30 MSK (History)
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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2008-10-28 16:28:07 MSK 
git-doc-1.5.6.5-alt2

(Note for me. I should check this after I'll upgrade from Sisyphus.)

https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16680#c52
https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16680#c53 :

(In reply to comment #52)
> $ man gitglossary | fgrep 'means to get'
>            Fetching a branch means to get the branch╢s head ref from a remote
>            Pushing a branch means to get the branch╢s head ref from a remote

В данном случае это ошибка в man-странице. В gitglossary(7) написано:

Fetching a branch means to get the branch\'s head ref from a remote repository

Цитирую groff(7):

\'     The acute accent .; same as \(aa.  Unescaped: apostrophe
Comment 1 Andrey Rahmatullin 2008-10-28 16:34:50 MSK 
Для notes to self есть knotes.
Comment 2 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2008-10-28 17:30:45 MSK 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Для notes to self есть knotes.

Ну можно считать, чтоя просто вынес баг, описанный в комменте, в отдельный багрепорт, а проверить его актуальность ещё не успел.