From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:58:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix many comment typos
Message-ID: <87wr3od02b.fsf@rho.meyering.net>
In-Reply-To: <4FCB4E0A.5080107@lsrfire.ath.cx>

René Scharfe wrote:
> 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.