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[PATCH] gitweb(1) Fixed English issues

From
DWD Waitzman <djw@spamcop.net>
Date
Mar 23, 2012, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID
<08B31D69-CE1F-4D27-8AE6-C1C0D76BEED5@spamcop.net>
In-Reply-To
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This is a trivial patch to correct the english in the man page.  Ben Walton suggested an additional english fix which I have added and squashed with my change.  And then I added it again when he pointed out I missed something in his original email.
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Fixed improper use of "it's" when it should be "its". Added missing "the"; noted by Ben Walton bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca

    Signed-off-by: David Waitzman <djw@bbn.com>
---
 Documentation/gitweb.txt |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
index 605a085..168e8bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gitweb.
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Gitweb provides a web interface to git repositories.  It's features include:
+Gitweb provides a web interface to git repositories.  Its features include:
 
 * Viewing multiple Git repositories with common root.
 * Browsing every revision of the repository.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ to gitweb.  The list of projects is generated by default by scanning the
 more exact; gitweb is not interested in a working area, and is best suited
 to showing "bare" repositories).
 
-The name of repository in gitweb is path to it's `$GIT_DIR` (it's object
+The name of the repository in gitweb is the path to its `$GIT_DIR` (its object
 database) relative to `$projectroot`.  Therefore the repository $repo can be
 found at "$projectroot/$repo".
 
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1.7.9.GIT
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  1. gitweb(1): Fixed improper use of "it's" when it should be "its"David Waitzman, Mar 23, 2012
  2. Ben WaltonMar 23, 2012
  3. gitweb(1) Fixed English issuesDavid Waitzman, Mar 23, 2012
  4. Ben WaltonMar 23, 2012
  5. gitweb(1) Fixed English issuesD Waitzman, Mar 23, 2012
  6. Thomas RastMar 23, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2012

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