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[PATCH 1/5] Documentation: removed some uses of the passive voice in git-bisect.txt.

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David J. Mellor <dmellor@whistlingcat.com>
Date
Mar 23, 2009, 01:00 UTC
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Signed-off-by: David J. Mellor <dmellor@whistlingcat.com>
---
 Documentation/git-bisect.txt |   18 +++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 93d9fc0..f045d1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ the bisection state).
 Bisect visualize
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-To see the currently remaining suspects in 'gitk', the following command
-is issued during the bisection process:
+To see the currently remaining suspects in 'gitk', you issue the following
+command during the bisection process:
 
 ------------
 $ git bisect visualize
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ $ git bisect replay that-file
 Avoiding testing a commit
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If in the middle of a bisect session, you know that the next suggested
+If, in the middle of a bisect session, you know that the next suggested
 revision is not a good one to test (e.g. the change the commit
 introduces is known not to work in your environment and you know it
 does not have anything to do with the bug you are chasing), you may
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD~3		# try 3 revisions before what
 					# was suggested
 ------------
 
-Then compile and test the chosen revision. Afterwards the revision
-is marked as good or bad in the usual manner.
+Then you compile and test the chosen revision. Afterwards you mark
+the revision as good or bad in the usual manner.
 
 Bisect skip
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ using the "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" notation. For example:
 $ git bisect skip v2.5..v2.6
 ------------
 
-The effect of this would be that no commit between `v2.5` excluded and
-`v2.6` included could be tested.
+This tells the bisect process that no commit between `v2.5` excluded and
+`v2.6` included should be tested.
 
 Note that if you also want to skip the first commit of the range you
 would issue the command:
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ would issue the command:
 $ git bisect skip v2.5 v2.5..v2.6
 ------------
 
-This would cause the commits between `v2.5` included and `v2.6` included
-to be skipped.
+This tells the bisect process that the commits between `v2.5` included
+and `v2.6` included should be skipped.
 
 
 Cutting down bisection by giving more parameters to bisect start
-- 
1.6.2.1
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  1. David J. MellorMar 23, 2009
  2. 1/5 Documentation: removed some uses of the passive voice in git-bisect.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  3. 2/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fixes and rewording in git-bundle.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  4. 3/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-cat-file.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  5. 4/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-check-attr.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  6. 5/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fix in git-check-ref-format.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  7. David J. MellorMar 23, 2009
  8. J. Bruce FieldsMar 24, 2009
  9. Documentation: Remove spurious uses of "you" in git-bisect.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 26, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2009

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