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[PATCH] date.c: phrase a comment gender neutral

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Nov 18, 2014, 19:24 UTC
Message-ID
<1416338668-30683-1-git-send-email-sbeller@google.com>

When looking for suitable functions to print dates, I found this gem. Let's make it gender neutral as nowadays people get upset by this gender debate.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 date.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 59dfe57..19fb439 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int parse_expiry_date(const char *date, unsigned long *timestamp)
 		/*
 		 * We take over "now" here, which usually translates
 		 * to the current timestamp.  This is because the user
-		 * really means to expire everything she has done in
+		 * really means to expire everything they have done in
 		 * the past, and by definition reflogs are the record
 		 * of the past, and there is nothing from the future
 		 * to be kept.
-- 
2.2.0.rc2.5.gf7b9fb2
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