Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 7, 2021, 17:09 UTC
Message-ID: <87eedd4n20.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <afc51c5e6edec7935a6d0d0a05d396e11311ca6c.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>
>
> There are several instances in our documentation where we refer to an
> anonymous user as "a contributor" or "an integrator" or similar. To
> avoid repeating this role, pronouns are used. Previous examples
> chose a gender for this user, using "he/him" or "she/her" arbitrarily.
>
> Replace these uses with "they/them" to ensure that these documentation
> examples apply to all potential users without exception.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>

I think this is mostly an improvement, however:

>  .../using-signed-tag-in-pull-request.txt      | 38 +++++++++----------

This is a quote from a mail of Junio's[1] (date and all). I don't think it makes sense to copyedit that after the fact without at least editing the header that indicates that it's a verbatim reproduction.

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vehuyosaa.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org/