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[PATCH 19/25] documentation: fix punctuation

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Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2023, 06:45 UTC
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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/format.txt         | 2 +-
 Documentation/config/fsck.txt           | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-init.txt              | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-ls-files.txt          | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index 8cf6f00d936..c98412b697e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ format.encodeEmailHeaders::
 	Defaults to true.
 
 format.pretty::
-	The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
+	The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command.
 	See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
 	linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
 
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
index 57114161063..2384c8c94d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances
 all three of them must be set to the same values.
 +
 Older versions of Git (before 2.20) documented that the object names
-list should be sorted. This was never a requirement, the object names
+list should be sorted. This was never a requirement; the object names
 could appear in any order, but when reading the list we tracked whether
 the list was sorted for the purposes of an internal binary search
 implementation, which could save itself some work with an already sorted
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
index 324299bfe9b..65c7b4641e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ but not on network-mounted filesystems, NTFS, or FAT32.  Other filesystems
 may or may not have the needed support; the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed
 to work with these filesystems and such use is considered experimental.
 
-By default, the socket is created in the `.git` directory, however, if the
+By default, the socket is created in the `.git` directory.  However, if the
 `.git` directory is on a network-mounted filesystem, it will instead be
 created at `$HOME/.git-fsmonitor-*` unless `$HOME` itself is on a
 network-mounted filesystem in which case you must set the configuration
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 3c3c1e730c3..6f0d2973bf4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
 
 If the object storage directory is specified via the
 `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories
-are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects`
+are created underneath; otherwise, the default `$GIT_DIR/objects`
 directory is used.
 
 Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 60d1cca1496..f65a8cd91d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	matching an exclude pattern.  When showing "other" files
 	(i.e. when used with '-o'), show only those matched by an
 	exclude pattern.  Standard ignore rules are not automatically
-	activated, therefore at least one of the `--exclude*` options
+	activated; therefore, at least one of the `--exclude*` options
 	is required.
 
 -s::
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	Show status tags together with filenames.  Note that for
 	scripting purposes, linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
 	linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
-	superior alternatives, and users should look at
+	superior alternatives; users should look at
 	linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
 	`--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
 +
-- 
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  1. 00/25 Documentation fixesElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  2. 03/25 documentation: fix typosElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  3. Ramsay JonesOct 8, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2023
  5. Elijah NewrenOct 10, 2023
  6. 02/25 documentation: fix small errorElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  7. 04/25 documentation: fix apostrophe usageElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  8. 05/25 documentation: add missing wordsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  9. 06/25 documentation: remove extraneous wordsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  10. 08/25 documentation: employ consistent verb tense for a listElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  11. 10/25 documentation: fix adjective vs. nounElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  12. 09/25 documentation: fix verb tenseElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  13. 11/25 documentation: fix verb vs. nounElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  14. 07/25 documentation: fix subject/verb agreementElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  15. 01/25 documentation: wording improvementsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  16. 14/25 documentation: fix choice of articleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  17. 13/25 documentation: whitespace is already generally pluralElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  18. 16/25 documentation: remove unnecessary hyphensElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  19. 17/25 documentation: add missing hyphensElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  20. 12/25 documentation: fix singular vs. pluralElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  21. 18/25 documentation: use clearer prepositionsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  22. 21/25 documentation: fix whitespace issuesElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  23. 19/25 documentation: fix punctuationElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  24. 23/25 documentation: add missing fullstopsElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  25. 20/25 documentation: fix capitalizationElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  26. 24/25 documentation: add missing quotesElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  27. 15/25 documentation: add missing articleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  28. 25/25 documentation: add missing parenthesisElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  29. 22/25 documentation: add some commas where they are helpfulElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Oct 8, 2023
  30. Taylor BlauOct 9, 2023
  31. Elijah NewrenOct 9, 2023
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2023

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