# [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' 6 messages from 2009-08-28 to 2009-08-30. Participants: Nanako Shiraishi, Todd Zullinger, Junio C Hamano, Avery Pennarun, Johannes Schindelin, Uri Okrent. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/20767 ## Nanako Shiraishi, 2009-08-28 03:18 Subject: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Message-ID: <20090828121849.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090828121849.6117%40nanako3.lavabit.com ``` Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi --- Found during the lunch break by one of my students... diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index b292e98..dcac8c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ automatic consolidation of packs. --prune=:: Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, - overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This + overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This option is on by default. --no-prune:: diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl index 33ef190..43fa791 100755 --- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl +++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ sub gitweb_get_feature { @{$feature{$name}{'default'}}); if (!$override) { return @defaults; } if (!defined $sub) { - warn "feature $name is not overrideable"; + warn "feature $name is not overridable"; return @defaults; } return $sub->(@defaults); -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/ ``` ## Todd Zullinger, 2009-08-28 03:43 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Message-ID: <20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090828034305.GQ4297%40inocybe.localdomain In-Reply-To: <20090828121849.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> ``` Nanako Shiraishi wrote: > Found during the lunch break by one of my students... Is overridable a word itself? While English is my native language, I wouldn't call myself an expert on its proper usage. ;) However, I can't find 'overridable' in several online dictionaries: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overridable http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overridable http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=overridable&hl=en http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=overridable&x=0&y=0 Perhaps using overridden would be more accurate? > Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, > - overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This > + overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This > option is on by default. Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, - overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This + which can be overridden by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This option is on by default. > - warn "feature $name is not overrideable"; > + warn "feature $name is not overridable"; and - warn "feature $name is not overrideable"; + warn "feature $name cannot be overridden"; ? -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I got stopped by a cop the other day. He said, "Why'd you run that stop sign?" I said, "Because I don't believe everything I read." -- Stephen Wright ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2009-08-28 04:53 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Message-ID: <7v63c8a69a.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v63c8a69a.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain> ``` Hmph, I don't know. Googling "overrideable" suggests "Did you mean overridable?" which is enough clue for me. ``` ## Avery Pennarun, 2009-08-28 15:15 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Message-ID: <32541b130908280815y78f95140re679c336fbd17443@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/32541b130908280815y78f95140re679c336fbd17443%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <7v63c8a69a.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Hmph, I don't know.  Googling "overrideable" suggests "Did you mean > overridable?" which is enough clue for me. Using a similar system, the Google hit count: overrideable: 26,900 overridable: 339,000 overridden: 2,280,000 Which agrees with my intuition that you can get away with overridable, but it's much more common to just use overridden. "override" of course comes from "ride" (181,000,000). A horse can be ridden (10,500,000) if it's ridable (82,500). The bad news: rideable (201,000). http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridable shows rideable as the preferred spelling, but accepts both. Have fun, Avery ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2009-08-28 15:31 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0908281730510.7434%40intel-tinevez-2-302 In-Reply-To: <32541b130908280815y78f95140re679c336fbd17443@mail.gmail.com> ``` Hi, On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Avery Pennarun wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Hmph, I don't know.  Googling "overrideable" suggests "Did you mean > > overridable?" which is enough clue for me. > > Using a similar system, the Google hit count: > > overrideable: 26,900 > overridable: 339,000 > overridden: 2,280,000 But of course, "overidable" means "able to be overridden", not "overridden". > Which agrees with my intuition that you can get away with overridable, > but it's much more common to just use overridden. > > "override" of course comes from "ride" (181,000,000). A horse can be > ridden (10,500,000) if it's ridable (82,500). > > The bad news: rideable (201,000). > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridable shows rideable as > the preferred spelling, but accepts both. Actually, I do not trust the bda speling of the many internet content providers as much as Merriam Webster, so of all your analysis, I find this the most important finding. Ciao, Dscho ``` ## Uri Okrent, 2009-08-30 17:58 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20090830T195508-894%40post.gmane.org In-Reply-To: <20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain> ``` Todd Zullinger pobox.com> writes: > > Nanako Shiraishi wrote: > > Found during the lunch break by one of my students... > > Is overridable a word itself? While English is my native language, I > wouldn't call myself an expert on its proper usage. ;) No, it's not a word =). But of the two non-words, overridable is probably preferred. > > However, I can't find 'overridable' in several online dictionaries: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overridable > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overridable > http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=overridable&hl=en > http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=overridable&x=0&y=0 > > Perhaps using overridden would be more accurate? It would be more correct, but also slightly more verbose. Still, as a grammar nazi, my two cents says it raises git's esteem if the language in the docs is proper English. Uri ```