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From: =?UTF-8?q?Jean-No=C3=ABl=20Avila?= <jn.avila@free.fr>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:15:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix some style issues in git-clone and
 for-each-ref-options
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 * spell out all forms of --[no-]reject-shallow in git-clone
 * use imperative mood for the first line of options
 * Use asciidoc NOTE macro
 * fix markups

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/for-each-ref-options.adoc |  4 ++--
 Documentation/git-clone.adoc            | 30 ++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/for-each-ref-options.adoc b/Documentation/for-each-ref-options.adoc
index f13efb5f25..54e2fa95c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/for-each-ref-options.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/for-each-ref-options.adoc
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ TAB %(refname)`.
 
 `--color[=<when>]`::
 	Respect any colors specified in the `--format` option. The
-	_<when__ field must be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto` (if
-	`<when>` is absent, behave as if `always` was given).
+	_<when>_ field must be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto` (if
+	_<when>_ is absent, behave as if `always` was given).
 
 `--shell`::
 `--perl`::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.adoc b/Documentation/git-clone.adoc
index 7a0e147384..fceeb43475 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.adoc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ _<src>_.
 	with the source repository.  The resulting repository
 	starts out without any object of its own.
 +
-*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+NOTE: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
 it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
 repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any
 other Git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `--shared` on
 its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all
 objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
-`--reference[-if-able] <repository>`::
+`--reference <repository>`::
+`--reference-if-able <repository>`::
 	If the reference _<repository>_ is on the local machine,
 	automatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to
 	obtain objects from the reference _<repository>_.  Using
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	directory is skipped with a warning instead of aborting
 	the clone.
 +
-*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option, and also the
+NOTE: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option, and also the
 `--dissociate` option.
 
 `--dissociate`::
@@ -140,14 +141,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	to the standard error stream.
 
 `--progress`::
-	Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
-	by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless `--quiet`
+	Report progress status on the standard error stream
+	by default when attached to a terminal, unless `--quiet`
 	is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
 	standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
 
 `--server-option=<option>`::
 	Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
-	protocol version 2.  The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
+	protocol version 2.  The given string must not contain a _NUL_ or _LF_
 	character.  The server's handling of server options, including
 	unknown ones, is server-specific.
 	When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
@@ -158,9 +159,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 `-n`::
 `--no-checkout`::
-	No checkout of `HEAD` is performed after the clone is complete.
+	Do not checkout `HEAD` after the clone is complete.
 
-`--`[`no-`]`reject-shallow`::
+`--no-reject-shallow`::
+`--reject-shallow`::
 	Fail if the source repository is a shallow repository.
 	The `clone.rejectShallow` configuration variable can be used to
 	specify the default.
@@ -214,10 +216,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 `-b <name>`::
 `--branch <name>`::
-	Instead of pointing the newly created `HEAD` to the branch pointed
-	to by the cloned repository's `HEAD`, point to _<name>_ branch
-	instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
-	be checked out.
+	Point the newly created `HEAD` to _<name>_ branch instead of the branch
+	pointed to by the cloned repository's `HEAD`. In a non-bare repository,
+	this is the branch that will be checked out.
 	`--branch` can also take tags and detaches the `HEAD` at that commit
 	in the resulting repository.
 
@@ -232,9 +233,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 `-u <upload-pack>`::
 `--upload-pack <upload-pack>`::
-	When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed
-	via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command
-	run on the other end.
+	Specify a non-default path for the command run on the other end when the
+	repository to clone from is accessed via ssh.
 
 `--template=<template-directory>`::
 	Specify the directory from which templates will be used;