Re: [PATCH 1/2] gitfaq: cleanup gitfaq.txt

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 7, 2020, 03:15 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtv1wt29v.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200407010709.GK6369@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> I'm fine with or without this change.  I think the original is clear to
> a native English speaker, but if we think it will be easier to parse or
> harder to misread with "made", then I'm in favor of the change.  I, of
> course, cannot speak for how either one reads to a non-native speaker.

I am not a native, but if I were writing it I would probably have written without the "made", so I guess I am in slight favor of not changing this part.

> I'm not sure it's fair to categorize it as a "grammatical mistake",
> though.

The patch certainly is an attempt to make the text better, but I agree that the patch does not correct any "mistake".

Thanks.