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Documentation: minor edits of git-lost-found manpage

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Minor improvements to grammar and clarity of lost-found manpage.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
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Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and
creates refs to them in .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and creates refs to them in the .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and
tags that dereference to commits go to .git/lost-found/commit tags that dereference to commits are stored in .git/lost-found/commit,
and others are stored in .git/lost-found/other directory. and other objects are stored in .git/lost-found/other.
OUTPUT OUTPUT
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One line description from the commit and tag found along with Prints to standard output the object names and one-line descriptions
their object name are printed on the standard output. of any commits or tags found.
EXAMPLE EXAMPLE
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Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistyped the tag to overwrite. Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistype the tag to overwrite.
The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git
prune', it is still there. prune', the tag itself is still there.
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$ git lost-found $ git lost-found
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... ...
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Also you can use gitk to browse how they relate to each other Also you can use gitk to browse how any tags found relate to each
and existing (probably old) tags. other.
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$ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*) $ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*)
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After making sure that it is the object you are looking for, you After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking
can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy. for, you can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy.
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$ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196 $ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196