Re: [PATCH 2/4] *: use singular they in comments

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 7, 2021, 17:12 UTC
Message-ID: <87bl8h4n01.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b36e3f99716bf3976fc886df684c300e17566c79.1623085069.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 07 2021, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> Several comments in our code refer to an anonymous user with "he/him" or
> "she/her" pronouns, and the choice between the two is arbitrary.
>
> Replace these uses with "they/them" which universally includes all
> potential readers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  commit.c                                 | 2 +-
>  config.h                                 | 2 +-
>  contrib/hooks/multimail/git_multimail.py | 4 ++--

We should not change upstream projects we pull in like that, see README.Git in that directory + https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail.

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