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[PATCH 0/3] Documentation: change "folder" to "directory"

From
MÅMartin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 24, 2021, 17:09 UTC
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<cover.1635094161.git.martin.agren@gmail.com>

It is my understanding that we prefer "directory" over "folder" when discussing the file system concept. (Whereas "folder" is commonly used for the GUI view of such a directory, or for an IMAP folder.)

I stumbled on a mention of the ".git folder" when going through the doc-diff between v2.33.0 and 9d530dc002 ("The fourteenth batch", 2021-10-18), and started looking around. This series is the outcome.

Based on master.
Martin Ågren (3):
  git-multi-pack-index.txt: change "folder" to "directory"
  gitignore.txt: change "folder" to "directory"
  gitweb.txt: change "folder" to "directory"
 Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt | 6 +++---
 Documentation/gitignore.txt            | 2 +-
 Documentation/gitweb.txt               | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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2.33.1.711.g9d530dc002
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  1. 0/3 Documentation: change "folder" to "directory"Martin Ågren, Oct 24, 2021
  2. 1/3 git-multi-pack-index.txt: change "folder" to "directory"Martin Ågren, Oct 24, 2021
  3. 2/3 gitignore.txt: change "folder" to "directory"Martin Ågren, Oct 24, 2021
  4. 3/3 gitweb.txt: change "folder" to "directory"Martin Ågren, Oct 24, 2021
  5. Bagas SanjayaOct 25, 2021
  6. Martin ÅgrenOct 26, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2021
  8. Derrick StoleeOct 25, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2021

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