[PATCH 3/4] format-patch documentation: Fix formatting

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[PATCH 3/4] format-patch documentation: Fix formatting

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Format git commands and options consistently using back quotes
(i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document).

Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <[hidden email]>
---
 Documentation/diff-options.txt     |   36 ++++++++++++++--------------
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |   46 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index a03f1a7..9398329 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
  Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
  the usual three.
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
- Implies "-p".
+ Implies `-p`.
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 --patch-with-raw::
- Synonym for "-p --raw".
+ Synonym for `-p --raw`.
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 --patience::
@@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 --stat[=width[,name-width]]::
  Generate a diffstat.  You can override the default
- output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
+ output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`.
  The width of the filename part can be controlled by
  giving another width to it separated by a comma.
 
 --numstat::
- Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
+ Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and
  deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
  abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly.  For
  binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying
  `0 0`.
 
 --shortstat::
- Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total
+ Output only the last line of the `--stat` format containing total
  number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
  lines.
 
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
  Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
  removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
  a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
- can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Changes in a child directory is not
- counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
+ can be set with `--dirstat=limit`. Changes in a child directory is not
+ counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
 
 --dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
- Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines.
+ Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
 
 --summary::
  Output a condensed summary of extended header information
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 --patch-with-stat::
- Synonym for "-p --stat".
+ Synonym for `-p --stat`.
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 -z::
- NUL-line termination on output.  This affects the --raw
+ NUL-line termination on output.  This affects the `--raw`
  output field terminator.  Also output from commands such
- as "git-log" will be delimited with NUL between commits.
+ as `git-log` will be delimited with NUL between commits.
 
 --name-only::
  Show only names of changed files.
@@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
  line when generating patch format output.
 
 --binary::
- In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
- can be applied with "git apply".
+ In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that
+ can be applied with `git-apply`.
 
 --abbrev[=<n>]::
  Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
  name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
  lines, show only a partial prefix.  This is
- independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+ independent of the `--full-index` option above, which controls
  the diff-patch output format.  Non default number of
- digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+ digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
 
 -B::
  Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
  `-C` option has the same effect.
 
 -l<num>::
- -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
+ The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n
  is the number of potential rename/copy targets.  This
  option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
  the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
  linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
 
 --pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+ When `-S` finds a change, show all the changes in that
  changeset, not just the files that contain the change
  in <string>.
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
  0 means no differences.
 
 --quiet::
- Disable all output of the program. Implies --exit-code.
+ Disable all output of the program. Implies `--exit-code`.
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 --ext-diff::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 687e667..f1fd0df 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -43,28 +43,28 @@ There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on.
 
 The first rule takes precedence in the case of a single <commit>.  To
 apply the second rule, i.e., format everything since the beginning of
-history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: "git format-patch
-\--root <commit>".  If you want to format only <commit> itself, you
-can do this with "git format-patch -1 <commit>".
+history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: `git format-patch
+\--root <commit>`.  If you want to format only <commit> itself, you
+can do this with `git format-patch -1 <commit>`.
 
 By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
 first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
-the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names
+the filename. With the `--numbered-files` option, the output file names
 will only be numbers, without the first line of the commit appended.
 The names of the output files are printed to standard
-output, unless the --stdout option is specified.
+output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified.
 
-If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>.  Otherwise
+If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>.  Otherwise
 they are created in the current working directory.
 
 By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] First Line" and
 the subject when multiple patches are output is "[PATCH n/m] First
-Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use -n.  To omit
-patch numbers from the subject, use -N
+Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use `-n`.  To omit
+patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`.
 
-If given --thread, 'git-format-patch' will generate In-Reply-To and
-References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
-as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to
+If given `--thread`, `git-format-patch` will generate `In-Reply-To` and
+`References` headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
+as replies to the first mail; this also generates a `Message-Id` header to
 reference.
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --attach[=<boundary>]::
  Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
  which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
- second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment".
+ second part, with `Content-Disposition: attachment`.
 
 --no-attach::
  Disable the creation of an attachment, overriding the
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --inline[=<boundary>]::
  Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
  which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
- second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline".
+ second part, with `Content-Disposition: inline`.
 
 --thread[=<style>]::
 --no-thread::
- Controls addition of In-Reply-To and References headers to
+ Controls addition of `In-Reply-To` and `References` headers to
  make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the
- first.  Also controls generation of the Message-Id header to
+ first.  Also controls generation of the `Message-Id` header to
  reference.
 +
 The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`.
@@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.  'deep'
 threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
 +
-The default is --no-thread, unless the 'format.thread' configuration
-is set.  If --thread is specified without a style, it defaults to the
+The default is `--no-thread`, unless the 'format.thread' configuration
+is set.  If `--thread` is specified without a style, it defaults to the
 style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`.
 +
 Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails
-itself.  If you want 'git format-patch' to take care of hreading, you
-will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'.
+itself.  If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you
+will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 
 --in-reply-to=Message-Id::
- Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
+ Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a
  reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
  provide a new patch series.
 
@@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'.
  Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
  line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
  allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
- combined with the --numbered option.
+ combined with the `--numbered` option.
 
 --cc=<email>::
- Add a "Cc:" header to the email headers. This is in addition
+ Add a `Cc:` header to the email headers. This is in addition
  to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
 
 --add-header=<header>::
  Add an arbitrary header to the email headers.  This is in addition
  to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
- For example, --add-header="Organization: git-foo"
+ For example, `--add-header="Organization: git-foo"`
 
 --cover-letter::
  In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
--
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