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Re: [PATCH] docs: fix grammar in gitattributes.txt

From
Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2011, 14:40 UTC
Message-ID
<4D836EE5.7060003@xiplink.com>
In-Reply-To
<1300454067-9934-1-git-send-email-alcosholik@gmail.com>
On 11-03-18 09:14 AM, Alexei Sholik wrote:
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> Signed-off-by: Alexei Sholik <alcosholik@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitattributes.txt |    8 ++++----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> index 7e7e121..c151657 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ Performing a three-way merge
>  `merge`
>  ^^^^^^^
>  
> -The attribute `merge` affects how three versions of a file is
> +The attribute `merge` affects how three versions of a file are
>  merged when a file-level merge is necessary during `git merge`,
>  and other commands such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.
>  
> @@ -646,15 +646,15 @@ Unset::
>  
>  	Take the version from the current branch as the
>  	tentative merge result, and declare that the merge has
> -	conflicts.  This is suitable for binary files that does
> +	conflicts.  This is suitable for binary files that do
>  	not have a well-defined merge semantics.
>  
>  Unspecified::
>  
>  	By default, this uses the same built-in 3-way merge
> -	driver as is the case the `merge` attribute is set.
> +	driver as is the case when the `merge` attribute is set.
>  	However, `merge.default` configuration variable can name
> -	different merge driver to be used for paths to which the
> +	different merge driver to be used with paths for which the
>  	`merge` attribute is unspecified.
That last sentence should really start like this:
- 	However, `merge.default` configuration variable can name
+ 	However, the `merge.default` configuration variable can name a
		M.
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