{"thread":{"id":"20767","subject":"[PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","startedAt":"2009-08-28T03:18:49Z","lastAt":"2009-08-30T17:58:26Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["Nanako Shiraishi","Todd Zullinger","Junio C Hamano","Avery Pennarun","Johannes Schindelin","Uri Okrent"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"121954","messageId":"20090828121849.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com","threadId":"20767","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","fromName":"Nanako Shiraishi","fromEmail":"nanako3@lavabit.com","sentAt":"2009-08-28T03:18:49Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-28T03:18:49Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"nanako3@lavabit.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/3777b9e201c5883a62b1a6fdf7c53f2d712d1d80989146063ea861e33aad72a8?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>\n---\nFound during the lunch break by one of my students...\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt\nindex b292e98..dcac8c8 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt\n@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ automatic consolidation of packs.\n \n --prune=<date>::\n \tPrune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,\n-\toverrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This\n+\toverridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This\n \toption is on by default.\n \n --no-prune::\ndiff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl\nindex 33ef190..43fa791 100755\n--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl\n+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl\n@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ sub gitweb_get_feature {\n \t\t@{$feature{$name}{'default'}});\n \tif (!$override) { return @defaults; }\n \tif (!defined $sub) {\n-\t\twarn \"feature $name is not overrideable\";\n+\t\twarn \"feature $name is not overridable\";\n \t\treturn @defaults;\n \t}\n \treturn $sub->(@defaults);\n\n-- \nNanako Shiraishi\nhttp://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/\n"},{"id":"121956","messageId":"20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain","threadId":"20767","inReplyTo":"20090828121849.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","fromName":"Todd Zullinger","fromEmail":"tmz@pobox.com","sentAt":"2009-08-28T03:43:05Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-28T03:43:05Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"tmz@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/806319?v=4"},"body":"Nanako Shiraishi wrote:\n> Found during the lunch break by one of my students...\n\nIs overridable a word itself?  While English is my native language, I\nwouldn't call myself an expert on its proper usage. ;)\n\nHowever, I can't find 'overridable' in several online dictionaries:\n\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overridable\nhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overridable\nhttp://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=overridable&hl=en\nhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=overridable&x=0&y=0\n\nPerhaps using overridden would be more accurate?\n\n>  \tPrune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,\n> -\toverrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This\n> +\toverridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This\n>  \toption is on by default.\n\n \tPrune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,\n-\toverrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This\n+\twhich can be overridden by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This\n \toption is on by default.\n\n> -\t\twarn \"feature $name is not overrideable\";\n> +\t\twarn \"feature $name is not overridable\";\n\nand\n\n-\t\twarn \"feature $name is not overrideable\";\n+\t\twarn \"feature $name cannot be overridden\";\n\n?\n\n-- \nTodd        OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\nI got stopped by a cop the other day.  He said, \"Why'd you run that\nstop sign?\"  I said, \"Because I don't believe everything I read.\"\n    -- Stephen Wright\n\n"},{"id":"121957","messageId":"7v63c8a69a.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"20767","inReplyTo":"20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2009-08-28T04:53:37Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-28T04:53:37Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Hmph, I don't know.  Googling \"overrideable\" suggests \"Did you mean\noverridable?\" which is enough clue for me.\n"},{"id":"122007","messageId":"32541b130908280815y78f95140re679c336fbd17443@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"20767","inReplyTo":"7v63c8a69a.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","fromName":"Avery Pennarun","fromEmail":"apenwarr@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-08-28T15:15:29Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-28T15:15:29Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"apenwarr@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20592?v=4"},"body":"On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Junio C Hamano<gitster@pobox.com> wrote:\n> Hmph, I don't know.  Googling \"overrideable\" suggests \"Did you mean\n> overridable?\" which is enough clue for me.\n\nUsing a similar system, the Google hit count:\n\noverrideable: 26,900\noverridable: 339,000\noverridden: 2,280,000\n\nWhich agrees with my intuition that you can get away with overridable,\nbut it's much more common to just use overridden.\n\n\"override\" of course comes from \"ride\" (181,000,000).  A horse can be\nridden (10,500,000) if it's ridable (82,500).\n\nThe bad news: rideable (201,000).\n\nhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridable shows rideable as\nthe preferred spelling, but accepts both.\n\nHave fun,\n\nAvery\n"},{"id":"122009","messageId":"alpine.DEB.1.00.0908281730510.7434@intel-tinevez-2-302","threadId":"20767","inReplyTo":"32541b130908280815y78f95140re679c336fbd17443@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2009-08-28T15:31:56Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-28T15:31:56Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Avery Pennarun wrote:\n\n> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Junio C Hamano<gitster@pobox.com> wrote:\n> > Hmph, I don't know.  Googling \"overrideable\" suggests \"Did you mean\n> > overridable?\" which is enough clue for me.\n> \n> Using a similar system, the Google hit count:\n> \n> overrideable: 26,900\n> overridable: 339,000\n> overridden: 2,280,000\n\nBut of course, \"overidable\" means \"able to be overridden\", not \n\"overridden\".\n\n> Which agrees with my intuition that you can get away with overridable,\n> but it's much more common to just use overridden.\n> \n> \"override\" of course comes from \"ride\" (181,000,000).  A horse can be\n> ridden (10,500,000) if it's ridable (82,500).\n> \n> The bad news: rideable (201,000).\n> \n> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridable shows rideable as\n> the preferred spelling, but accepts both.\n\nActually, I do not trust the bda speling of the many internet content \nproviders as much as Merriam Webster, so of all your analysis, I find this \nthe most important finding.\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"},{"id":"122122","messageId":"loom.20090830T195508-894@post.gmane.org","threadId":"20767","inReplyTo":"20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e'","fromName":"Uri Okrent","fromEmail":"uokrent@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-08-30T17:58:26Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-30T17:58:26Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"uokrent@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/7788ed2d4f1bfefc11082b08b0234fd2d752113623753bda4a032a2ae9687acf?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Todd Zullinger <tmz <at> pobox.com> writes:\n\n> \n> Nanako Shiraishi wrote:\n> > Found during the lunch break by one of my students...\n> \n> Is overridable a word itself?  While English is my native language, I\n> wouldn't call myself an expert on its proper usage. ;)\n\nNo, it's not a word =). But of the two non-words, overridable is probably\npreferred.\n\n> \n> However, I can't find 'overridable' in several online dictionaries:\n> \n> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overridable\n> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overridable\n> http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=overridable&hl=en\n> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=overridable&x=0&y=0\n> \n> Perhaps using overridden would be more accurate?\n\nIt would be more correct, but also slightly more verbose. Still, as a grammar\nnazi, my two cents says it raises git's esteem if the language in the docs is\nproper English.\n\nUri\n"}]}