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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Linus Arver via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] doc: trailer: fix grammar
Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 12:19:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpm7aoclp.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 12d4850a9ab8659c40fcb6470caf8f98d7f6e486.1683566870.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com

"Linus Arver via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
> index 22ff3a603e0..e695977fbfa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
> -Help parsing or adding 'trailers' lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail
> +Parse or add 'trailer' lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail
>  headers, at the end of the otherwise free-form part of a commit
>  message.

Is that a grammatically incorrect sentence?

The command does help doing these two things, but we can say the
command does these two things without closing clarity, so I do not
have an objection to the updated text (the only "ungrammatical" part
may be that ", that look" should probably be "that look"), but I am
not sure if "fix grammar" is a good explanation for this commit.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-08 19:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-08 17:27 [PATCH 00/11] docs: interpret-trailers: reword and add examples Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 01/11] doc: trailer: fix grammar Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:19   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-05-08 19:33     ` Linus Arver
2023-05-08 21:35       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 02/11] doc: trailer: swap verb order Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:20   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 03/11] doc: trailer: --no-divider: more precise language Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 04/11] doc: trailer: explain "commit mesage part" on first usage Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10  6:44     ` Linus Arver
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 05/11] doc: trailer: remove redundant phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 06/11] doc: trailer: trailer.<token>.cmd: add missing verb phrase Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:41   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10  6:52     ` Linus Arver
2023-05-10 16:37       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 07/11] doc: trailer: use angle brackets for <token> and <value> Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:38   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 08/11] doc: trailer.<token>.command: refer to existing example Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:47   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10  7:08     ` Linus Arver
2023-05-10 16:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 09/11] doc: trailer.<token>.command: emphasize deprecation Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:48   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-10  7:10     ` Linus Arver
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 10/11] doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 17:27 ` [PATCH 11/11] doc: trailer: add more examples " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-08 19:50   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 17:49 ` [PATCH 00/11] docs: interpret-trailers: reword and add examples Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 19:07   ` Linus Arver
2023-05-11 21:19 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 1/9] doc: trailer: fix grammar Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 2/9] doc: trailer: swap verb order Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 3/9] doc: trailer: drop "commit message part" phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 4/9] doc: trailer: examples: avoid the word "message" by itself Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 5/9] doc: trailer: remove redundant phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 6/9] doc: trailer: use angle brackets for <token> and <value> Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 7/9] doc: trailer.<token>.command: emphasize deprecation Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 8/9] doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-11 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] doc: trailer: add more examples " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-05-12 23:24   ` [PATCH v2 0/9] docs: interpret-trailers: reword and add examples Junio C Hamano
2023-05-16 22:57     ` Linus Arver
2023-05-16 23:18       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-06-06  2:08   ` [PATCH v3 " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 1/9] doc: trailer: fix grammar Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 2/9] doc: trailer: swap verb order Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 3/9] doc: trailer: drop "commit message part" phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-14 15:00       ` Christian Couder
2023-06-15  2:57         ` Linus Arver
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 4/9] doc: trailer: examples: avoid the word "message" by itself Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-14 15:12       ` Christian Couder
2023-06-15  3:03         ` Linus Arver
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 5/9] doc: trailer: remove redundant phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 6/9] doc: trailer: use angle brackets for <token> and <value> Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 7/9] doc: trailer.<token>.command: emphasize deprecation Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 8/9] doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-14 15:27       ` Christian Couder
2023-06-15  3:04         ` Linus Arver
2023-06-06  2:08     ` [PATCH v3 9/9] doc: trailer: add more examples " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-14 15:36     ` [PATCH v3 0/9] docs: interpret-trailers: reword and add examples Christian Couder
2023-06-15  3:06       ` Linus Arver
2023-06-15  7:47         ` Christian Couder
2023-06-15  2:53     ` [PATCH v4 " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 1/9] doc: trailer: fix grammar Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 2/9] doc: trailer: swap verb order Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 3/9] doc: trailer: drop "commit message part" phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 4/9] doc: trailer: examples: avoid the word "message" by itself Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 5/9] doc: trailer: remove redundant phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 6/9] doc: trailer: use angle brackets for <token> and <value> Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 7/9] doc: trailer.<token>.command: emphasize deprecation Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 8/9] doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-06-15  2:53       ` [PATCH v4 9/9] doc: trailer: add more examples " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget

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