From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:22:05 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Switch receive.denyCurrentBranch to "refuse" Message-ID: <7v4ozbdgea.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20090203080734.GA27251@sigill.intra.peff.net> Jeff King writes: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 12:01:43AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> "To allow pushing into the current branch, you can set it to 'ignore';", >> - "but this is not recommended unless you really know what you are doing.", >> + "but this is not recommended unless you arranged its work tree to get", >> + "updated to match what you pushed in some other way.", > > This is much better, but I believe it needs to be "...arranged _for_ > its work tree to get updated..." to be grammatically correct. > > And as a nit (which I seem to be full of tonight), you can get rid of > the passive voice by saying: > > but this is not recommended unless you arranged to update its work > tree to match what you pushed in some other way. > > which is slightly more clear, IMHO. Much more clear. I overuse the passive voice, I know it is a bad habit I somehow cannot shake off. Thanks.