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[PATCH 1/2] doc: avoid using the gender of other people

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2021, 20:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20210611202819.47077-2-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20210611202819.47077-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

Some people have a problem with using a female reviewer or a female developer as an example, and since this is an irrelevant detail, let's say goodbye to our illustrative female colleagues.

Inspired-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 ++---
 Documentation/git-push.txt      | 4 ++--
 Documentation/user-manual.txt   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 55287d72e0..3e215f4d80 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -373,9 +373,8 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
 . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
   the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
 . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
-  reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
-  is ready for application.  It is usually offered only after a
-  detailed review.
+  reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the
+  patch after a detailed analysis.
 . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
   and found it to have the desired effect.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index a953c7c387..2f25aa3a29 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ Imagine that you have to rebase what you have already published.
 You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to
 replace the history you originally published with the rebased history.
 If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are
-rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her
-commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work.
+rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with their
+commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose their work.
 +
 This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are
 updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index f9e54b8674..96240598e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ A fast-forward looks something like this:
 
 In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be
 a descendant of the old head.  For example, the developer may have
-realized she made a serious mistake, and decided to backtrack,
+realized a serious mistake was made and decided to backtrack,
 resulting in a situation like:
 
 ................................................
-- 
2.32.0
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Message 7 of 14 in “Avoid gender pronouns”
  1. 0/2 Avoid gender pronounsFelipe Contreras, Jun 11, 2021
  2. 2/2 comments: avoid using the gender of our usersFelipe Contreras, Jun 11, 2021
  3. Derrick StoleeJun 15, 2021
  4. Paul SmithJun 15, 2021
  5. Felipe ContrerasJun 15, 2021
  6. Felipe ContrerasJun 15, 2021
  7. 1/2 doc: avoid using the gender of other peopleFelipe Contreras, Jun 11, 2021
  8. Derrick StoleeJun 15, 2021
  9. Felipe ContrerasJun 15, 2021
  10. Bagas SanjayaJun 12, 2021
  11. Felipe ContrerasJun 12, 2021
  12. Robert KarszniewiczJun 12, 2021
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 13, 2021
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2021

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