# [PATCH] bisect: fix singular/plural grammar nit

2 messages from 2010-01-19 to 2010-01-19. Participants: David Ripton, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22290

## David Ripton, 2010-01-19 15:13

Subject: [PATCH] bisect: fix singular/plural grammar nit
Message-ID: <20100119151333.GA9660@vidar.dreamhost.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100119151333.GA9660%40vidar.dreamhost.com

```
Remove the trailing 's' from "revisions" and "steps" when there is
only one.

Signed-off-by: David Ripton <dripton@ripton.net>
---
 bisect.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index f1a1f84..af280b4 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
 	struct commit_list *tried;
-	int reaches = 0, all = 0, nr;
+	int reaches = 0, all = 0, nr, steps;
 	const unsigned char *bisect_rev;
 	char bisect_rev_hex[41];
 
@@ -998,8 +998,10 @@ int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	nr = all - reaches - 1;
-	printf("Bisecting: %d revisions left to test after this "
-	       "(roughly %d steps)\n", nr, estimate_bisect_steps(all));
+	steps = estimate_bisect_steps(all);
+	printf("Bisecting: %d revision%s left to test after this "
+	       "(roughly %d step%s)\n", nr, (nr == 1 ? "" : "s"),
+               steps, (steps == 1 ? "" : "s"));
 
 	return bisect_checkout(bisect_rev_hex);
 }

-- 
David Ripton    dripton@ripton.net

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2010-01-19 20:53

Subject: Re: [PATCH] bisect: fix singular/plural grammar nit
Message-ID: <7vpr5595po.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vpr5595po.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20100119151333.GA9660@vidar.dreamhost.com>

```
David Ripton <dripton@ripton.net> writes:

> Remove the trailing 's' from "revisions" and "steps" when there is
> only one.

Thanks; will apply to 'maint'.

```
