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[PATCH 03/25] documentation: fix typos

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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>
Diff best viewed with --color-diff.
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/fsck-msgids.txt                 | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt       | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-grep.txt                    | 2 +-
 Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt             | 2 +-
 Documentation/gitformat-chunk.txt             | 2 +-
 Documentation/gitformat-pack.txt              | 4 ++--
 Documentation/gitprotocol-capabilities.txt    | 2 +-
 Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt      | 2 +-
 Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt | 4 ++--
 9 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/fsck-msgids.txt b/Documentation/fsck-msgids.txt
index 09b0aecbf86..8505c244bcf 100644
--- a/Documentation/fsck-msgids.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fsck-msgids.txt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	(FATAL) Missing end-of-line in the object header.
 
 `zeroPaddedDate`::
-	(ERROR) Found a zero padded date in an author/commiter line.
+	(ERROR) Found a zero padded date in an author/committer line.
 
 `zeroPaddedFilemode`::
 	(WARN) Found a zero padded filemode in a tree.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
index ac44d85b0b5..b537bb45b13 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ and extract the commit ID stored in it.  It reads only the first
 1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size
 of the tar archive very much.
 
-If no commit ID is found, 'git get-tar-commit-id' quietly exists with a
+If no commit ID is found, 'git get-tar-commit-id' quietly exits with a
 return code of 1.  This can happen if the archive had not been created
 using 'git archive' or if the first parameter of 'git archive' had been
 a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index dabdbe8471d..0d0103c780a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ The `--threads` option (and the grep.threads configuration) will be ignored when
 
 When grepping the object store (with `--cached` or giving tree objects), running
 with multiple threads might perform slower than single threaded if `--textconv`
-is given and there're too many text conversions. So if you experience low
+is given and there are too many text conversions. So if you experience low
 performance in this case, it might be desirable to use `--threads=1`.
 
 CONFIGURATION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
index b656b475675..7ad60bc3485 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 
 --[no-]strict::
-	Do not try <directory>/.git/ if <directory> is no Git directory.
+	Do not try <directory>/.git/ if <directory> is not a Git directory.
 
 --timeout=<n>::
 	Interrupt transfer after <n> seconds of inactivity.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitformat-chunk.txt b/Documentation/gitformat-chunk.txt
index 57202ede273..76ea678398a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitformat-chunk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitformat-chunk.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Each row consists of a 4-byte chunk identifier (ID) and an 8-byte offset.
 Each integer is stored in network-byte order.
 
 The chunk identifier `ID[i]` is a label for the data stored within this
-fill from `OFFSET[i]` (inclusive) to `OFFSET[i+1]` (exclusive). Thus, the
+file from `OFFSET[i]` (inclusive) to `OFFSET[i+1]` (exclusive). Thus, the
 size of the `i`th chunk is equal to the difference between `OFFSET[i+1]`
 and `OFFSET[i]`. This requires that the chunk data appears contiguously
 in the same order as the table of contents.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitformat-pack.txt b/Documentation/gitformat-pack.txt
index 870e00f2982..42afb953e8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitformat-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitformat-pack.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ $GIT_DIR/objects/pack/multi-pack-index
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-The Git pack format is now Git stores most of its primary repository
-data. Over the lietime af a repository loose objects (if any) and
+The Git pack format is how Git stores most of its primary repository
+data. Over the lietime of a repository loose objects (if any) and
 smaller packs are consolidated into larger pack(s). See
 linkgit:git-gc[1] and linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gitprotocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/gitprotocol-capabilities.txt
index 5d5e39a7039..9adda577e51 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitprotocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitprotocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ request include-tag only has to do with the client's desires for tag
 data, whether or not a server had advertised objects in the
 refs/tags/* namespace.
 
-Servers MUST pack the tags if their referrant is packed and the client
+Servers MUST pack the tags if their referent is packed and the client
 has requested include-tags.
 
 Clients MUST be prepared for the case where a server has ignored
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
index 86fed0de0f7..2c26e95e51a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Design Details
 
 - Commit grafts and replace objects can change the shape of the commit
   history. The latter can also be enabled/disabled on the fly using
-  `--no-replace-objects`. This leads to difficultly storing both possible
+  `--no-replace-objects`. This leads to difficulty storing both possible
   interpretations of a commit id, especially when computing generation
   numbers. The commit-graph will not be read or written when
   replace-objects or grafts are present.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt b/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt
index 91a5eb26efd..1a5fe09b51d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ information, the main process handles the results in two steps:
 
 - First, it updates the in-memory index with the `lstat()` information
   sent by the workers. (This must be done first as this information
-  might me required in the following step.)
+  might be required in the following step.)
 
 - Then it writes the items which collided on disk (i.e. items marked
   with `PC_ITEM_COLLIDED`). More on this below.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ conversion and re-encoding, are eligible for parallel checkout.
 Ineligible entries are checked out by the classic sequential codepath
 *before* spawning workers.
 
-Note: submodules's files are also eligible for parallel checkout (as
+Note: submodules' files are also eligible for parallel checkout (as
 long as they don't fall into any of the excluding categories mentioned
 above). But since each submodule is checked out in its own child
 process, we don't mix the superproject's and the submodules' files in
-- 
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Message 2 of 32 in “Documentation fixes”
  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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