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[PATCH 14/25] documentation: fix choice of article

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Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2023, 06:45 UTC
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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt                  | 2 +-
 Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt     | 2 +-
 Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt      | 2 +-
 Documentation/pretty-options.txt          | 2 +-
 Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9273c7f1c65..99affec5a01 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ was found.  See below for examples.
 Conditional includes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-You can conditionally include a config file from another by setting a
+You can conditionally include a config file from another by setting an
 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
 included.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 65e0b1646e1..4b307cb51bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ format, `/dev/null` is used to signal created or deleted
 files.
 +
 However, if the --combined-all-paths option is provided, instead of a
-two-line from-file/to-file you get a N+1 line from-file/to-file header,
+two-line from-file/to-file you get an N+1 line from-file/to-file header,
 where N is the number of parents in the merge commit:
 
        --- a/file
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
index 29c473e5e04..013014bbef6 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Preparing a "merge-fix"
 
 A merge of two topics may not textually conflict but still have
 conflict at the semantic level. A classic example is for one topic
-to rename an variable and all its uses, while another topic adds a
+to rename a variable and all its uses, while another topic adds a
 new use of the variable under its old name. When these two topics
 are merged together, the reference to the variable newly added by
 the latter topic will still use the old name in the result.
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 335395b727f..15c6f2705d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ environment overrides). See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
 With an optional '<ref>' argument, use the ref to find the notes
 to display.  The ref can specify the full refname when it begins
 with `refs/notes/`; when it begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise
-`refs/notes/` is prefixed to form a full name of the ref.
+`refs/notes/` is prefixed to form the full name of the ref.
 +
 Multiple --notes options can be combined to control which notes are
 being displayed. Examples: "--notes=foo" will show only notes from
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt
index 687c58cebcc..f761828f106 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Each entry contains the following:
 	** {empty}
 	1-byte XOR-offset: ::
 	    The xor offset used to compress this bitmap. For an entry
-	    in position `x`, a XOR offset of `y` means that the actual
+	    in position `x`, an XOR offset of `y` means that the actual
 	    bitmap representing this commit is composed by XORing the
 	    bitmap for this entry with the bitmap in entry `x-y` (i.e.
 	    the bitmap `y` entries before this one).
-- 
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Message 16 of 32 in “Documentation fixes”
  1. 00/25 Documentation fixesElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  2. 03/25 documentation: fix typosElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  3. Ramsay JonesOct 8, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2023
  5. Elijah NewrenOct 10, 2023
  6. 02/25 documentation: fix small errorElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  7. 04/25 documentation: fix apostrophe usageElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  8. 05/25 documentation: add missing wordsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  9. 06/25 documentation: remove extraneous wordsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  10. 08/25 documentation: employ consistent verb tense for a listElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  11. 10/25 documentation: fix adjective vs. nounElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  12. 09/25 documentation: fix verb tenseElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  13. 11/25 documentation: fix verb vs. nounElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  14. 07/25 documentation: fix subject/verb agreementElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  15. 01/25 documentation: wording improvementsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  16. 14/25 documentation: fix choice of articleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  17. 13/25 documentation: whitespace is already generally pluralElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  18. 16/25 documentation: remove unnecessary hyphensElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  19. 17/25 documentation: add missing hyphensElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  20. 12/25 documentation: fix singular vs. pluralElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  21. 18/25 documentation: use clearer prepositionsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  22. 21/25 documentation: fix whitespace issuesElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  23. 19/25 documentation: fix punctuationElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  24. 23/25 documentation: add missing fullstopsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  25. 20/25 documentation: fix capitalizationElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  26. 24/25 documentation: add missing quotesElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  27. 15/25 documentation: add missing articleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  28. 25/25 documentation: add missing parenthesisElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  29. 22/25 documentation: add some commas where they are helpfulElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  30. Taylor BlauOct 9, 2023
  31. Elijah NewrenOct 9, 2023
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2023

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