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authorMarkus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>2008-12-19 13:14:18 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-12-19 19:10:46 -0800
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treef2756934c58c5f1e0e94709009847894af512b9c /Documentation
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Documentation: fix typos, grammar, asciidoc syntax
Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-format.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reflog.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i18n.txt4
13 files changed, 25 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index aafd3a394..1eeb1c768 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Possible status letters are:
be committed)
- X: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
-Status letters C and M are always followed by a score (denoting the
+Status letters C and R are always followed by a score (denoting the
percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or
copy), and are the only ones to be so.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 517e1eba3..0f25ba7e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -143,15 +143,15 @@ different from it.
A `-` character in the column N means that the line appears in
fileN but it does not appear in the result. A `+` character
-in the column N means that the line appears in the last file,
+in the column N means that the line appears in the result,
and fileN does not have that line (in other words, the line was
added, from the point of view of that parent).
In the above example output, the function signature was changed
from both files (hence two `-` removals from both file1 and
file2, plus `++` to mean one line that was added does not appear
-in either file1 nor file2). Also two other lines are the same
-from file1 but do not appear in file2 (hence prefixed with ` +`).
+in either file1 nor file2). Also eight other lines are the same
+from file1 but do not appear in file2 (hence prefixed with `{plus}`).
When shown by `git diff-tree -c`, it compares the parents of a
merge commit with the merge result (i.e. file1..fileN are the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 77604d021..5cce3a379 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit.
'git-commit' if any paths are given on the command line,
in which case this option can be omitted.
If this option is specified together with '--amend', then
- no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend
+ no paths need to be specified, which can be used to amend
the last commit without committing changes that have
already been staged.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 1fdf20dcc..4e83067c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r.
--root::
- When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
+ When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be shown as a big
creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.
--stdin::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 31eccea5b..8d95aaa30 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Reading a single e-mail message from the standard input, and
+Reads a single e-mail message from the standard input, and
writes the commit log message in <msg> file, and the patches in
<patch> file. The author name, e-mail and e-mail subject are
written out to the standard output to be used by 'git-am'
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index 6b2f8c4de..514f03c97 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ post-receive Hook
-----------------
After all refs were updated (or attempted to be updated), if any
ref update was successful, and if $GIT_DIR/hooks/post-receive
-file exists and is executable, it will be invoke once with no
+file exists and is executable, it will be invoked once with no
parameters. The standard input of the hook will be one line
for each successfully updated ref:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ post-update Hook
----------------
After all other processing, if at least one ref was updated, and
if $GIT_DIR/hooks/post-update file exists and is executable, then
-post-update will called with the list of refs that have been updated.
+post-update will be called with the list of refs that have been updated.
This can be used to implement any repository wide cleanup tasks.
The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored; the only thing
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index d99236e14..7f7a5445c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ updated. This command is to manage the information recorded in it.
The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries.
Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than
-`expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current
+`expire-unreachable` time and not reachable from the current
tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used
directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1].
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ them.
which in turn defaults to 90 days.
--expire-unreachable=<time>::
- Entries older than this time and are not reachable from
+ Entries older than this time and not reachable from
the current tip of the branch are pruned. Without the
option it is taken from configuration
`gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults to
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index d3f258869..fb269fff8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OPTIONS
-------
<rev>::
Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1])
- that typically names a branch HEAD or a tag.
+ that typically names a branch head or a tag.
<glob>::
A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index bf33b0cba..e6652a7de 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ use by subsequent users cloning the superproject. If the URL is
given relative to the superproject's repository, the presumption
is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept
together in the same relative location, and only the
-superproject's URL need be provided: git-submodule will correctly
+superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly
locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
status::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 1d9d81a70..25e0bbea8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ OPTIONS
default behavior is to error out. This option makes
'git-update-index' continue anyway.
---ignore-submodules:
+--ignore-submodules::
Do not try to update submodules. This option is only respected
when passed before --refresh.
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ OPTIONS
--assume-unchanged::
--no-assume-unchanged::
- When these flags are specified, the object name recorded
+ When these flags are specified, the object names recorded
for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options
- sets and unsets the "assume unchanged" bit for the
+ set and unset the "assume unchanged" bit for the
paths. When the "assume unchanged" bit is on, git stops
checking the working tree files for possible
modifications, so you need to manually unset the bit to
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
'git-update-index' refuses an attempt to add `path/file`.
Similarly if a file `path/file` exists, a file `path`
cannot be added. With --replace flag, existing entries
- that conflicts with the entry being added are
+ that conflict with the entry being added are
automatically removed with warning messages.
--stdin::
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 61fc5d7be..896cbdf68 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -999,8 +999,8 @@ Fast forward
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
----------------
-Because your branch did not contain anything more than what are
-already merged into the `master` branch, the merge operation did
+Because your branch did not contain anything more than what had
+already been merged into the `master` branch, the merge operation did
not actually do a merge. Instead, it just updated the top of
the tree of your branch to that of the `master` branch. This is
often called 'fast forward' merge.
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ $ GIT_DIR=my-git.git git init
------------
Make sure this directory is available for others you want your
-changes to be pulled by via the transport of your choice. Also
+changes to be pulled via the transport of your choice. Also
you need to make sure that you have the 'git-receive-pack'
program on the `$PATH`.
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ You can repack this private repository whenever you feel like.
6. Push your changes to the public repository, and announce it
to the public.
-7. Every once in a while, "git-repack" the public repository.
+7. Every once in a while, 'git-repack' the public repository.
Go back to step 5. and continue working.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index ae29a00d5..5ef3687e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git repository.
OPTIONS
-------
-To control which revisions to shown, the command takes options applicable to
+To control which revisions to show, the command takes options applicable to
the 'git-rev-list' command (see linkgit:git-rev-list[1]).
This manual page describes only the most
frequently used options.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Examples
--------
gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
- Show as the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
+ Show the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
gitk --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
diff --git a/Documentation/i18n.txt b/Documentation/i18n.txt
index d2970f835..c67396633 100644
--- a/Documentation/i18n.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i18n.txt
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ At the core level, git is character encoding agnostic.
to be what lstat(2) and creat(2) accepts. There is no such
thing as pathname encoding translation.
- - The contents of the blob objects are uninterpreted sequence
+ - The contents of the blob objects are uninterpreted sequences
of bytes. There is no encoding translation at the core
level.
- - The commit log messages are uninterpreted sequence of non-NUL
+ - The commit log messages are uninterpreted sequences of non-NUL
bytes.
Although we encourage that the commit log messages are encoded