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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: fix typos / spelling mistakes

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Apr 17, 2009, 18:56 UTC
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<49E8D0F8.2040104@drmicha.warpmail.net>
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Mike Ralphson venit, vidit, dixit 17.04.2009 20:13:
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> Signed-off-by: Mike Ralphson <mike@abacus.co.uk>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt         |    2 +-
>  Documentation/git-format-patch.txt      |    2 +-
>  contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/README |    4 ++--
>  gitweb/README                           |    2 +-
>  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
> index d7bab13..614e769 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Problems related to tags:
>  
>  If you suspect that any of these issues may apply to the repository you
>  want to import consider using these alternative tools which proved to be
> -more stable in practise:
> +more stable in practice:
>  
>  * cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org`
>  * parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs`
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> index eb2fbcf..5eddca9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ CONFIGURATION
>  -------------
>  You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message
>  in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix
> -and file suffix, control attachements, and number patches when outputting
> +and file suffix, control attachments, and number patches when outputting
>  more than one.
>  
>  ------------
> diff --git a/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/README b/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/README
> index 39f96aa..000147b 100644
> --- a/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/README
> +++ b/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/README
> @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
>  appp.sh is a script that is supposed to be used together with ExternalEditor
> -for Mozilla Thundebird. It will let you include patches inline in e-mails
> +for Mozilla Thunderbird. It will let you include patches inline in e-mails
>  in an easy way.
>  
>  Usage:
>  - Generate the patch with git format-patch.
>  - Start writing a new e-mail in Thunderbird.
>  - Press the external editor button (or Ctrl-E) to run appp.sh
> -- Select the previosly generated patch file.
> +- Select the previously generated patch file.
>  - Finish editing the e-mail.
>  
>  Any text that is entered into the message editor before appp.sh is called
> diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
> index 8433dd1..ad73c6a 100644
> --- a/gitweb/README
> +++ b/gitweb/README
> @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build):
>   * $fallback_encoding
>     Gitweb assumes this charset if line contains non-UTF-8 characters.
>     Fallback decoding is used without error checking, so it can be even
> -   'utf-8'. Value mist be valid encodig; see Encoding::Supported(3pm) man
> +   'utf-8'. Value mist be valid encoding; see Encoding::Supported(3pm) man

That line clearly demonstrates the limits of word based spell checkers... s/mist/must/ ;)

>     page for a list.   By default 'latin1', aka. 'iso-8859-1'.
>   * @diff_opts
>     Rename detection options for git-diff and git-diff-tree. By default
Previous: Mike Ralphson
Message 13 of 13 in “Typo fixes”
  1. 0/3 Typo fixesMike Ralphson, Apr 17, 2009
  2. 1/3 Documentation: fix typos / spelling mistakesMike Ralphson, Apr 17, 2009
  3. 2/3 builtin-remote: fix typo in option descriptionMike Ralphson, Apr 17, 2009
  4. 3/3 Fix typos / spelling in commentsMike Ralphson, Apr 17, 2009
  5. Michael J GruberApr 17, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2009
  7. Fix more typos/spelling in commentsMichael J Gruber, Apr 22, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2009
  10. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2009
  11. Markus HeidelbergApr 17, 2009
  12. Mike RalphsonApr 17, 2009
  13. Michael J GruberApr 17, 2009

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