`git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work
if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree.
- * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated
+ * many commands allow a long option `--option` to be abbreviated
only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option
- whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to
- invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out
+ whose name begins with `opt`, you may be able to spell `--opt` to
+ invoke the `--option` flag), but you should fully spell them out
when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a
- new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize",
+ new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. `--optimize`,
to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique.
with a caution. For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you
typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version
of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix,
-e.g `git commit --amenity" option.
+e.g. `git commit --amenity` option.
Separating argument from the option