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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: a/an grammar fixes

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 30, 2026, 02:50 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> writes:
> This takes the stance that `*` is an asterisk rather than a star.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
> ---

As long as the changes do not contain an incorrect rewrite, it is OK even if the patch is not exhausitive. I went though the changes and did not spot anything questionable.

But I think I can see a few more of the same kind. I didn't try to bee exhaustive, either, though.

 Documentation/config/gpg.adoc | 6 +++---
 Documentation/git-push.adoc   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git i/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc w/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc
index 240e46c050..d4b8c1e570 100644
--- i/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc
+++ w/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel::
 * `ultimate`
 
 gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand::
-	This command will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh
+	This command will be run when user.signingkey is not set and an ssh
 	signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key
 	prefixed with `key::` is expected in the first line of its output.
 	This allows for a script doing a dynamic lookup of the correct public
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ valid-before options. Git will mark signatures as valid if the signing key was
 valid at the time of the signature's creation. This allows users to change a
 signing key without invalidating all previously made signatures.
 +
-Using a SSH CA key with the cert-authority option
+Using an SSH CA key with the cert-authority option
 (see ssh-keygen(1) "CERTIFICATES") is also valid.
 
 gpg.ssh.revocationFile::
-	Either a SSH KRL or a list of revoked public keys (without the principal prefix).
+	Either an SSH KRL or a list of revoked public keys (without the principal prefix).
 	See ssh-keygen(1) for details.
 	If a public key is found in this file then it will always be treated
 	as having trust level "never" and signatures will show as invalid.
diff --git i/Documentation/git-push.adoc w/Documentation/git-push.adoc
index aa221c3909..d05e6020a5 100644
--- i/Documentation/git-push.adoc
+++ w/Documentation/git-push.adoc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ as well as various other special refspec forms:
     directs Git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on
     the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name
     already exists on the remote side.
- *  _<src>_ may contain a `*` to indicate a simple pattern match.
+ *  _<src>_ may contain an `*` to indicate a simple pattern match.
     This works like a glob that matches any ref matching the pattern.
     There must be only one `*` in both the `<src>` and `<dst>`.
     It will map refs to the destination by replacing the * with the
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