Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/policies/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/policies/chapter.xml
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/policies/chapter.xml
@@ -242,12 +242,12 @@
 	    tree prior to importing new sources is also needed:</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd head/contrib/<replaceable>foo</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.user; <userinput>svn merge --record-only <replaceable>svn_base</replaceable>/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist@<replaceable>12345678</replaceable> .</userinput>
+&prompt.user; <userinput>svn merge --record-only ^/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist@<replaceable>12345678</replaceable> .</userinput>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>svn commit</userinput></screen>
 
-	  <para>where <replaceable>svn_base</replaceable> is the base
-	    directory of your <acronym>SVN</acronym> repository, e.g.,
-	    <literal>svn+ssh://svn.FreeBSD.org/base</literal>.</para>
+	  <para>With some shells, the <literal>^</literal> in the
+	    above command may need to be escaped with a
+	    backslash.</para>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 	    should tag it for future reference.  The best and quickest
 	    way is to do it directly in the repository:</para>
 
-	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn copy <replaceable>svn_base</replaceable>/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist <replaceable>svn_base</replaceable>/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/<replaceable>9.9</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn copy ^/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist <replaceable>svn_base</replaceable>/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/<replaceable>9.9</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
 	  <para>To get the new tag, you can update your working copy
 	    of
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd head/contrib/<replaceable>foo</replaceable></userinput>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>svn update</userinput>
-&prompt.user; <userinput>svn merge --accept=postpone <replaceable>svn_base</replaceable>/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.user; <userinput>svn merge --accept=postpone ^/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist</userinput></screen>
 
 	  <para>Resolve any conflicts, and make sure that any files
 	    that were added or removed in the vendor tree have been
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
 	    a good idea to check differences against the vendor
 	    branch:</para>
 
-	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn diff --no-diff-deleted --old=<replaceable>svn_base</replaceable>/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist --new=.</userinput></screen>
+	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn diff --no-diff-deleted --old=^/vendor/<replaceable>foo</replaceable>/dist --new=.</userinput></screen>
 
 	  <para><option>--no-diff-deleted</option> tells
 	    <acronym>SVN</acronym> not to check files that are in the