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[PATCH 1/4] doc: add articles (grammar)

From
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 9, 2016, 15:51 UTC
Message-ID
<20161209155112.2112-2-kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20161209155112.2112-1-kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>

Add definite and indefinite articles in three places where they were missing.

- Use "the" in front of a directory name
- Use "the" in front of "style of cooperation"
- Use an indefinite article in front of "CVS background"
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 4546fa0d7..6c434aff3 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ $ git repack
 will do it for you. If you followed the tutorial examples, you
 would have accumulated about 17 objects in `.git/objects/??/`
 directories by now. 'git repack' tells you how many objects it
-packed, and stores the packed file in `.git/objects/pack`
+packed, and stores the packed file in the `.git/objects/pack`
 directory.
 
 [NOTE]
@@ -1543,9 +1543,9 @@ like this:
 Working with Others, Shared Repository Style
 --------------------------------------------
 
-If you are coming from CVS background, the style of cooperation
+If you are coming from a CVS background, the style of cooperation
 suggested in the previous section may be new to you. You do not
-have to worry. Git supports "shared public repository" style of
+have to worry. Git supports the "shared public repository" style of
 cooperation you are probably more familiar with as well.
 
 See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] for the details.
-- 
2.11.0
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  1. 0/4 doc: fixes to gitcore-tutorial.txtKristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  2. 1/4 doc: add articles (grammar)Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  3. Philip OakleyDec 10, 2016
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 13, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 13, 2016
  7. 2/4 doc: add verb in front of command to runKristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  8. Philip OakleyDec 10, 2016
  9. 3/4 doc: make the intent of sentence clearerKristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  10. Philip OakleyDec 10, 2016
  11. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 13, 2016
  12. 4/4 doc: omit needless "for"Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  13. Philip OakleyDec 11, 2016
  14. Philip OakleyDec 11, 2016
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2016

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