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[PATCH] Fix Dcoumentation typos surrounding the word 'handful'.

From
Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Date
Jan 12, 2009, 20:02 UTC
Message-ID
<1231790527-7515-1-git-send-email-jdl@freescale.com>

Some instances replaced by "handful of", others use the word "few", a couple get a slight rewording.

Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
---
Junio,

I wasn't sure that fixing the release notes was important. I can hit those too if you would like.

jdl
 Documentation/diff-options.txt                     |    2 +-
 Documentation/git-describe.txt                     |    2 +-
 Documentation/git-ls-files.txt                     |    2 +-
 Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt                      |    2 +-
 Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt                 |    8 ++++----
 Documentation/githooks.txt                         |    2 +-
 .../howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt          |    2 +-
 Documentation/pretty-options.txt                   |    2 +-
 8 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 671f533..43793d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 --abbrev[=<n>]::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
 	name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
-	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  This is
+	lines, show only a partial prefix.  This is
 	independent of --full-index option above, which controls
 	the diff-patch output format.  Non default number of
 	digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 3d79f05..a99b4ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ With something like git.git current tree, I get:
 	v1.0.4-14-g2414721
 
 i.e. the current head of my "parent" branch is based on v1.0.4,
-but since it has a handful commits on top of that,
+but since it has a few commits on top of that,
 describe has added the number of additional commits ("14") and
 an abbreviated object name for the commit itself ("2414721")
 at the end.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 9f85d60..057a021 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --abbrev[=<n>]::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
-	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
+	lines, show only a partial prefix.
 	Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
 
 \--::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 4c7262f..b345f4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --abbrev[=<n>]::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
-	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
+	lines, show only a partal prefix.
 	Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
 
 --full-name::
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index e4dd551..7ba5e58 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -1243,10 +1243,10 @@ $ git ls-files --stage
 ------------
 
 In our example of only two files, we did not have unchanged
-files so only 'example' resulted in collapsing, but in real-life
-large projects, only small number of files change in one commit,
-and this 'collapsing' tends to trivially merge most of the paths
-fairly quickly, leaving only a handful the real changes in non-zero
+files so only 'example' resulted in collapsing.  But in real-life
+large projects, when only a small number of files change in one commit,
+this 'collapsing' tends to trivially merge most of the paths
+fairly quickly, leaving only a handful of real changes in non-zero
 stages.
 
 To look at only non-zero stages, use `\--unmerged` flag:
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index cfdae1e..e4d61d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks`
 directory to trigger action at certain points.  When
-'git-init' is run, a handful example hooks are copied in the
+'git-init' is run, a handful of example hooks are copied into the
 `hooks` directory of the new repository, but by default they are
 all disabled.  To enable a hook, rename it by removing its `.sample`
 suffix.
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt b/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt
index d214d4b..74a1c0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the kind of task StGIT is designed to do.
 I just have done a simpler one, this time using only the core
 GIT tools.
 
-I had a handful commits that were ahead of master in pu, and I
+I had a handful of commits that were ahead of master in pu, and I
 wanted to add some documentation bypassing my usual habit of
 placing new things in pu first.  At the beginning, the commit
 ancestry graph looked like this:
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 6d66c74..5f21efe 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
 
 --abbrev-commit::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
-	name, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  Non default number of
+	name, show only a partial prefix.  Non default number of
 	digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies
 	diff output, if it is displayed).
 +
-- 
1.6.0.4.761.g47577
Next: Markus Heidelberg
Message 1 of 6 in “Fix Dcoumentation typos surrounding the word 'handful'.”
  1. Fix Dcoumentation typos surrounding the word 'handful'.Jon Loeliger, Jan 12, 2009
  2. Markus HeidelbergJan 13, 2009
  3. Sam VilainJan 13, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2009
  5. Jon LoeligerJan 13, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinJan 13, 2009

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