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Re: [PATCH] fix many comment typos

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Jun 3, 2012, 11:44 UTC
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Am 03.06.2012 09:11, schrieb Jim Meyering:
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> Perhaps a more palatable change, here and in the other two places:
> s/seeked/cg-seek'd/, i.e.,
>
> - * "git bisect" showed mysterious "won't bisect on seeked tree" error message.
> + * "git bisect" showed mysterious "won't bisect on cg-seek'd tree" error message.
>
> Then, if someone does this again, it will be more obvious that
> it is not a typo.

This change is only valid if the command "git bisect" at some point printed "won't bisect on cg-seek'd tree" instead of "won't bisect on seeked tree". And even then, it doesn't make now sense to change already published release notes (Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.4.4.txt), after the fact.

René
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  1. fix many comment typosJim Meyering, Jun 2, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2012
  3. Hilco WijbengaJun 2, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2012
  5. Hilco WijbengaJun 3, 2012
  6. Jim MeyeringJun 3, 2012
  7. René ScharfeJun 3, 2012
  8. Jim MeyeringJun 3, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2012
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