# [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0: improve wording for a couple entries

2 messages from 2025-08-07 to 2025-08-07. Participants: Patrick Steinhardt, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/63921

## Patrick Steinhardt, 2025-08-07 05:09

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0: improve wording for a couple entries
Message-ID: <20250807-pks-relnotes-2-51-fixes-v1-1-507fd15b28f4@pks.im>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20250807-pks-relnotes-2-51-fixes-v1-1-507fd15b28f4%40pks.im

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Improve wording and fix typos for a couple entries part of the Git 2.51
release notes.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc
index f8adc2c5cf..e2cd673f43 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * "git push" and "git fetch" are taught to update refs in batches to
    gain performance.
 
- * Some code paths in the "git prune" used to ignore passed in
-   repository object and used the_repository singleton instance
+ * Some code paths in "git prune" used to ignore the passed-in
+   repository object and used the `the_repository` singleton instance
    instead, which has been corrected.
 
  * Update ".clang-format" and ".editorconfig" to match our style guide
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * Redefine where the multi-pack-index sits in the object subsystem,
    which recently was restructured to allow multiple backends that
    support a single object source that belongs to one repository.  A
-   midx does span mulitple "object sources".
+   MIDX does span multiple "object sources".
 
  * Reduce implicit assumption and dependence on the_repository in the
    object-file subsystem.
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ including security updates, are included in this release.
    and also they learn to honor the -U<n> command-line option.
    (merge 2b3ae04011 lm/add-p-context later to maint).
 
- * The case where a new submodule takes a path where used to be a
-   completely different subproject is now dealt a bit better than
+ * The case where a new submodule takes a path where there used to be a
+   completely different subproject is now dealt with a bit better than
    before.
    (merge 5ed8c5b465 kj/renamed-submodule later to maint).
 

---
base-commit: 64cbe5e2e8a7b0f92c780b210e602496bd5cad0f
change-id: 20250807-pks-relnotes-2-51-fixes-0e72ed15c5bf


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## Junio C Hamano, 2025-08-07 15:46

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0: improve wording for a couple entries
Message-ID: <xmqqfre3rv6s.fsf@gitster.g>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqfre3rv6s.fsf%40gitster.g
In-Reply-To: <20250807-pks-relnotes-2-51-fixes-v1-1-507fd15b28f4@pks.im>

```
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Improve wording and fix typos for a couple entries part of the Git 2.51
> release notes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---

Thanks.

>  Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc
> index f8adc2c5cf..e2cd673f43 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc
> @@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
>   * "git push" and "git fetch" are taught to update refs in batches to
>     gain performance.
>  
> - * Some code paths in the "git prune" used to ignore passed in
> -   repository object and used the_repository singleton instance
> + * Some code paths in "git prune" used to ignore the passed-in
> +   repository object and used the `the_repository` singleton instance
>     instead, which has been corrected.
>  
>   * Update ".clang-format" and ".editorconfig" to match our style guide
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
>   * Redefine where the multi-pack-index sits in the object subsystem,
>     which recently was restructured to allow multiple backends that
>     support a single object source that belongs to one repository.  A
> -   midx does span mulitple "object sources".
> +   MIDX does span multiple "object sources".
>  
>   * Reduce implicit assumption and dependence on the_repository in the
>     object-file subsystem.
> @@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ including security updates, are included in this release.
>     and also they learn to honor the -U<n> command-line option.
>     (merge 2b3ae04011 lm/add-p-context later to maint).
>  
> - * The case where a new submodule takes a path where used to be a
> -   completely different subproject is now dealt a bit better than
> + * The case where a new submodule takes a path where there used to be a
> +   completely different subproject is now dealt with a bit better than
>     before.
>     (merge 5ed8c5b465 kj/renamed-submodule later to maint).
>  
>
> ---
> base-commit: 64cbe5e2e8a7b0f92c780b210e602496bd5cad0f
> change-id: 20250807-pks-relnotes-2-51-fixes-0e72ed15c5bf

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