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Re: [PATCH 1/4] doc: add articles (grammar)

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Dec 10, 2016, 20:28 UTC
Message-ID
<88A192B34B3D4DDDA47628687AE458D3@PhilipOakley>
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<20161209155112.2112-2-kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 3:51 PM
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> Add definite and indefinite articles in three places where they were
> missing.
>
> - Use "the" in front of a directory name
> - Use "the" in front of "style of cooperation"
> - Use an indefinite article in front of "CVS background"
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt 
> b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
> index 4546fa0d7..6c434aff3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
> @@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ $ git repack
> will do it for you. If you followed the tutorial examples, you
> would have accumulated about 17 objects in `.git/objects/??/`
> directories by now. 'git repack' tells you how many objects it
> -packed, and stores the packed file in `.git/objects/pack`
> +packed, and stores the packed file in the `.git/objects/pack`
> directory.
>
> [NOTE]
> @@ -1543,9 +1543,9 @@ like this:
> Working with Others, Shared Repository Style
> --------------------------------------------
>
> -If you are coming from CVS background, the style of cooperation
> +If you are coming from a CVS background, the style of cooperation
> suggested in the previous section may be new to you. You do not
> -have to worry. Git supports "shared public repository" style of
> +have to worry. Git supports the "shared public repository" style of
> cooperation you are probably more familiar with as well.
>
> See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] for the details.
> -- 
> 2.11.0

This looks good to me. -- Philip (UK)

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Message 3 of 15 in “doc: fixes to gitcore-tutorial.txt”
  1. 0/4 doc: fixes to gitcore-tutorial.txtKristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  2. 1/4 doc: add articles (grammar)Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  3. Philip OakleyDec 10, 2016
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 13, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 13, 2016
  7. 2/4 doc: add verb in front of command to runKristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  8. Philip OakleyDec 10, 2016
  9. 3/4 doc: make the intent of sentence clearerKristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  10. Philip OakleyDec 10, 2016
  11. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 13, 2016
  12. 4/4 doc: omit needless "for"Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Dec 9, 2016
  13. Philip OakleyDec 11, 2016
  14. Philip OakleyDec 11, 2016
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2016

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