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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>, Kevin <ikke@ikke.info>,
	git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Configuring a third-party git hook
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:15:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140321181532.GC15508@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqha6rv4og.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:31:59AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> -- >8 --
> From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:07:08 +1100
> Subject: [PATCH] config.txt: third-party tools may and do use their own variables
> [...]
> +Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables.  When
> +inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
> +names do not conflict with what are used by Git itself and other
> +popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.

I think this third line should be "with what _is_ used" to match the
verb and noun pluralness[1]. Or to keep better parallel structure with
the first clause, something like "...their names do not conflict with
those that are used by Git...".

-Peff

[1] Is there a word to mean the "pluralness" of a noun or verb (similar
    to "tense" for a verb). Surely there is, but I could not think of
    it. I wanted to say here that the pluralness of "what" and "are"
    does not match (it seems like "what" is a mass noun, which usually
    matches a singular verb).

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-03-21 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-19 11:16 Configuring a third-party git hook Chris Angelico
2014-03-20 12:53 ` Kevin
2014-03-20 16:51   ` Chris Angelico
2014-03-20 23:38     ` Jeff King
2014-03-20 23:46       ` Chris Angelico
2014-03-21  3:43         ` Jeff King
2014-03-21  4:07           ` Chris Angelico
2014-03-21 17:31             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-03-21 17:48               ` Chris Angelico
2014-03-21 18:15               ` Jeff King [this message]
2014-03-21 18:53                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-03-21 18:54                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-03-20 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-03-20 17:10   ` Chris Angelico

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