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Re: [PATCH] fix many comment typos

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Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date
Jun 3, 2012, 12:58 UTC
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René Scharfe wrote:
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> Am 03.06.2012 09:11, schrieb Jim Meyering:
>> Perhaps a more palatable change, here and in the other two places:
>> s/seeked/cg-seek'd/, i.e.,
>>
>> - * "git bisect" showed mysterious "won't bisect on seeked tree" error message.
>> + * "git bisect" showed mysterious "won't bisect on cg-seek'd tree"
>> error message.
>>
>> Then, if someone does this again, it will be more obvious that
>> it is not a typo.
>
> This change is only valid if the command "git bisect" at some point
> printed "won't bisect on cg-seek'd tree" instead of "won't bisect on
> seeked tree".  And even then, it doesn't make now sense to change
> already published release notes (Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.4.4.txt),
> after the fact.

You're right. Changing the RelNotes that way would not be useful. However, changing git-bisect.sh should make it easier for non-native English speakers to understand that obscure diagnostic.

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  1. fix many comment typosJim Meyering, Jun 2, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2012
  3. Hilco WijbengaJun 2, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2012
  5. Hilco WijbengaJun 3, 2012
  6. Jim MeyeringJun 3, 2012
  7. René ScharfeJun 3, 2012
  8. Jim MeyeringJun 3, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2012
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