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[PATCH 08/25] documentation: employ consistent verb tense for a list

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Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2023, 06:45 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/push.txt    | 2 +-
 Documentation/config/receive.txt | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/push.txt b/Documentation/config/push.txt
index 43338b65e84..dbaf930f01b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/push.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ push.default::
 
 * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
 
-* `simple` - pushes the current branch with the same name on the remote.
+* `simple` - push the current branch with the same name on the remote.
 +
 If you are working on a centralized workflow (pushing to the same repository you
 pull from, which is typically `origin`), then you need to configure an upstream
diff --git a/Documentation/config/receive.txt b/Documentation/config/receive.txt
index ae526cbf584..c77e55b1cdd 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/receive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/receive.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ receive.autogc::
 
 receive.certNonceSeed::
 	By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
-	will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
+	will accept a `git push --signed` and verify it by using
 	a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
 	key.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 2294e9a519a..7b3ce3012e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ for another option.
 	are not refs (i.e. branch or tag names; or more
 	explicitly disambiguating "heads/master" form, when you
 	want to name the "master" branch when there is an
-	unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
+	unfortunately named tag "master"), and shows them as full
 	refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
 
 Options for Objects
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Message 10 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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