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Re: [PATCH] fix typo 'In such these cases'

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 2, 2016, 18:46 UTC
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René Nyffenegger <mail@renenyffenegger.ch> writes:
> From 5e2b47833c8d434784fa1a797cfd6a087df10dc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Ren=C3=A9=20Nyffenegger?= <rene.nyffenegger@adp-gmbh.ch>
> Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 09:19:46 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix typo 'In such these cases'

For the next time, remember that these four lines are usually not meant to go to the body of the e-mail.

> Fix "In such these cases, ..." to "In such cases, ..."
> in Documentation/glossary-content.txt

Wow. It is an ancient typo in 9290cd58 (Added definitions for a few words:, 2006-05-03) that survives to the day.

Thanks.  Will queue.
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> Signed-off-by: René Nyffenegger <mail@renenyffenegger.ch>
> ---
>  Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> index cafc284..9ceca05 100644
> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ current branch integrates with) obviously do not work, as there is no
>  	A fast-forward is a special type of <<def_merge,merge>> where you have a
>  	<<def_revision,revision>> and you are "merging" another
>  	<<def_branch,branch>>'s changes that happen to be a descendant of what
> -	you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
> +	you have. In these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
>  	<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
>  	revision. This will happen frequently on a
>  	<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
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