On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 01:12:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Andrew Kreimer <algonell@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Fix a typo in documentation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Kreimer <algonell@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt
> > index fa0d01cbda..d968659354 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt
> > @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ everything behaves like a dense checkout with a few exceptions (e.g. branch
> > checkouts and switches write fewer things, knowing the VFS will lazily
> > write the rest on an as-needed basis).
> >
> > -Since there is no publically available VFS-related code for folks to try,
> > +Since there is no publicly available VFS-related code for folks to try,
>
> As a general rule, unless we are doing codewide sweep to use a
> single word in our glossary to refer to the same thing, or
> something, we should honor author's preference, when it is already
> written and it is not blatantly wrong.
>
> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/publically
>
> I am inclined to say that we should keep it as written, but I am not
> a native speaker, so please cite a source that tells what is written
> is blatantly wrong to help me accept this patch.
>
> Thanks.