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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Remove spurious uses of "you" in git-bisect.txt.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 26, 2009, 03:48 UTC
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"David J. Mellor" <dmellor@whistlingcat.com> writes:
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> These were added by accident in a42dea3.
>
> This patch also rewords the description of how ranges of commits can be
> skipped.
>
> Signed-off-by: David J. Mellor <dmellor@whistlingcat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-bisect.txt |    6 +++---
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
> index a356a2b..ffc02c7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD~3		# try 3 revisions before what
>  					# was suggested
>  ------------
>  
> -Then you compile and test the chosen revision. Afterwards you mark
> +Then compile and test the chosen revision, and afterwards mark
>  the revision as good or bad in the usual manner.
>  
>  Bisect skip
> @@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ using the "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" notation. For example:
>  $ git bisect skip v2.5..v2.6
>  ------------
>  
> -This tells the bisect process that no commit between `v2.5` excluded and
> -`v2.6` included should be tested.
> +This tells the bisect process that no commit after `v2.5`, up to and
> +including `v2.6`, should be tested.

Thanks; this part is much easier to read now. These 'excluded/included' have always bothered me.

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Message 10 of 11 in “Minor documentation fixes”
  1. David J. MellorMar 23, 2009
  2. 1/5 Documentation: removed some uses of the passive voice in git-bisect.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  3. 2/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fixes and rewording in git-bundle.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  4. 3/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-cat-file.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  5. 4/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-check-attr.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  6. 5/5 Documentation: minor grammatical fix in git-check-ref-format.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 23, 2009
  7. David J. MellorMar 23, 2009
  8. J. Bruce FieldsMar 24, 2009
  9. Documentation: Remove spurious uses of "you" in git-bisect.txt.David J. Mellor, Mar 26, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2009

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