{"thread":{"id":"38505","subject":"[PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment","startedAt":"2015-02-05T13:26:34Z","lastAt":"2015-02-05T20:04:08Z","messageCount":5,"participants":["Sebastian Schuberth","Junio C Hamano","Stefan Beller"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":2},"messages":[{"id":"255624","messageId":"CAHGBnuPnwE8K81C_9W65Jk1FMU==gMODOKvGYBbgNRNbvx_bag@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38505","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment","fromName":"Sebastian Schuberth","fromEmail":"sschuberth@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-02-05T13:26:34Z","receivedAt":"2015-02-05T13:26:34Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"sschuberth@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/349154?v=4"},"body":"Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>\n---\n Makefile | 2 +-\n 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile\nindex c44eb3a..6f8ae23 100644\n--- a/Makefile\n+++ b/Makefile\n@@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ check-docs::\n         esac; \\\n     done ) | sort\n\n-### Make sure built-ins do not have dups and listed in git.c\n+### Make sure built-ins do not have dupes and are listed in git.c\n #\n check-builtins::\n     ./check-builtins.sh\n-- \n2.1.2-mingw-1\n"},{"id":"255639","messageId":"xmqqr3u4kw13.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com","threadId":"38505","inReplyTo":"CAHGBnuPnwE8K81C_9W65Jk1FMU==gMODOKvGYBbgNRNbvx_bag@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2015-02-05T19:17:44Z","receivedAt":"2015-02-05T19:17:44Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> writes:\n\n> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>\n> ---\n\nIs that an improvement?  Is the plural of \"dup\" (used as an\nabbreviation of \"duplicate\") \"dupes\" not \"dups\"?\n\n>  Makefile | 2 +-\n>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)\n>\n> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile\n> index c44eb3a..6f8ae23 100644\n> --- a/Makefile\n> +++ b/Makefile\n> @@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ check-docs::\n>          esac; \\\n>      done ) | sort\n>\n> -### Make sure built-ins do not have dups and listed in git.c\n> +### Make sure built-ins do not have dupes and are listed in git.c\n>  #\n>  check-builtins::\n>      ./check-builtins.sh\n"},{"id":"255640","messageId":"CAHGBnuPhXWXp+OfGsX4i5xOJK81qqua8cp2fDPb76HgaU5C0ww@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38505","inReplyTo":"xmqqr3u4kw13.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment","fromName":"Sebastian Schuberth","fromEmail":"sschuberth@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-02-05T19:19:14Z","receivedAt":"2015-02-05T19:19:14Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"sschuberth@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/349154?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:\n\n> Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> writes:\n>\n>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>\n>> ---\n>\n> Is that an improvement?  Is the plural of \"dup\" (used as an\n> abbreviation of \"duplicate\") \"dupes\" not \"dups\"?\n\nMy view is that the abbreviation of \"duplicate\" is not \"dup\" but\n\"dupe\", hence the plural \"dupes\".\n\n-- \nSebastian Schuberth\n"},{"id":"255641","messageId":"CAHGBnuO3wgE_pLu1jcEyExhrzd+Fk_0Uqs23pFgf1NSZpUxVfQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38505","inReplyTo":"CAHGBnuPhXWXp+OfGsX4i5xOJK81qqua8cp2fDPb76HgaU5C0ww@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment","fromName":"Sebastian Schuberth","fromEmail":"sschuberth@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-02-05T19:22:08Z","receivedAt":"2015-02-05T19:22:08Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"sschuberth@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/349154?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Sebastian Schuberth\n<sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:\n\n>> Is that an improvement?  Is the plural of \"dup\" (used as an\n>> abbreviation of \"duplicate\") \"dupes\" not \"dups\"?\n>\n> My view is that the abbreviation of \"duplicate\" is not \"dup\" but\n> \"dupe\", hence the plural \"dupes\".\n\nFor \"duplicate\" the noun, that is. For \"duplicate\" the verb I'd be ok\nwith \"dup\" as the abbreviation. \"to dup\" sounds and looks better than\n\"to dupe\" :-)\n\n-- \nSebastian Schuberth\n"},{"id":"255650","messageId":"CAGZ79kZdm6a7KDpNyWdLoG5Rc2f-1fCRk1pkg8U2RD3azotkBg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38505","inReplyTo":"CAHGBnuO3wgE_pLu1jcEyExhrzd+Fk_0Uqs23pFgf1NSZpUxVfQ@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment","fromName":"Stefan Beller","fromEmail":"sbeller@google.com","sentAt":"2015-02-05T20:04:08Z","receivedAt":"2015-02-05T20:04:08Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"stefanbeller@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/455868?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Sebastian Schuberth\n<sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:\n> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Sebastian Schuberth\n> <sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:\n>\n>>> Is that an improvement?  Is the plural of \"dup\" (used as an\n>>> abbreviation of \"duplicate\") \"dupes\" not \"dups\"?\n>>\n>> My view is that the abbreviation of \"duplicate\" is not \"dup\" but\n>> \"dupe\", hence the plural \"dupes\".\n>\n> For \"duplicate\" the noun, that is. For \"duplicate\" the verb I'd be ok\n> with \"dup\" as the abbreviation. \"to dup\" sounds and looks better than\n> \"to dupe\" :-)\n>\n\nWe could also not abbreviate that word to avoid discussion there.\n"}]}