# [PATCH] doc: fix typo in submitting patches

2 messages from 2026-08-14 to 2026-08-14. Participants: Swapnil Saste | INDIA via GitGitGadget, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/66175

## Swapnil Saste | INDIA via GitGitGadget, 2026-08-14 18:46

Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix typo in submitting patches
Message-ID: <pull.2383.git.git.1786733219160.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

```
From: Swapnil Saste | INDIA <theswapnilsaste@gmail.Com>

Remove the article "an" before "incremental updates".

Signed-off-by: Swapnil Saste | INDIA <theswapnilsaste@gmail.Com>
---
    doc: fix typo in submitting patches

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2383%2FtheSwapnilSaste%2Ffix-typo-in-SubmittingPatches-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2383/theSwapnilSaste/fix-typo-in-SubmittingPatches-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2383

 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index c269e474e3..c60855f706 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ of review.
   can still continue to further improve them by adding more patches on
   top, but by the time a topic gets merged to 'next', it is expected
   that everybody agrees that the scope and the basic direction of the
-  topic are appropriate, so such an incremental updates are limited to
+  topic are appropriate, so such incremental updates are limited to
   small corrections and polishing.  After a topic cooks for some time
   (like 7 calendar days) in 'next' without needing further tweaks on
   top, it gets merged to the 'master' branch and waits to become part

base-commit: 745601a9a94110d74769ab605ccd4f61339758d2
-- 
gitgitgadget

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2026-08-14 19:20

Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: fix typo in submitting patches
Message-ID: <xmqq7blsmru5.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2383.git.git.1786733219160.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

```
"Swapnil Saste | INDIA via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
writes:

> From: Swapnil Saste | INDIA <theswapnilsaste@gmail.Com>
>
> Remove the article "an" before "incremental updates".

Thanks, will apply.


>
> Signed-off-by: Swapnil Saste | INDIA <theswapnilsaste@gmail.Com>
> ---
>     doc: fix typo in submitting patches
>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2383%2FtheSwapnilSaste%2Ffix-typo-in-SubmittingPatches-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2383/theSwapnilSaste/fix-typo-in-SubmittingPatches-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2383
>
>  Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index c269e474e3..c60855f706 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ of review.
>    can still continue to further improve them by adding more patches on
>    top, but by the time a topic gets merged to 'next', it is expected
>    that everybody agrees that the scope and the basic direction of the
> -  topic are appropriate, so such an incremental updates are limited to
> +  topic are appropriate, so such incremental updates are limited to
>    small corrections and polishing.  After a topic cooks for some time
>    (like 7 calendar days) in 'next' without needing further tweaks on
>    top, it gets merged to the 'master' branch and waits to become part
>
> base-commit: 745601a9a94110d74769ab605ccd4f61339758d2

```
