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[PATCH 3/5] Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-cat-file.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-cat-file.txt |   19 ++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 668f697..390206e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ git-cat-file(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
+git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository
+objects
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -14,19 +15,19 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-In the first form, provides content or type of objects in the repository. The
-type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type, or '-s'
-is used to find the object size.
+In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in
+the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the
+object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size.
 
-In the second form, a list of object (separated by LFs) is provided on stdin,
-and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
+In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
+stdin, and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <object>::
 	The name of the object to show.
 	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
-	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+	the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 -t::
 	Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.
 
 --batch-check::
-	Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not be
-	combined with any other options or arguments.
+	Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not
+	be combined with any other options or arguments.
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
-- 
1.6.2.1
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  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
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