From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mta04.eastlink.ca ([24.224.136.10]:45469 "EHLO mta04.eastlink.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751226AbbBYCtf (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:49:35 -0500 Received: from cmgw05.eastlink.ca ([71.7.199.171]) by mta04.eastlink.ca (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-21.01 64bit (built Feb 16 2011)) with ESMTP id <0NKA00LM989FQV30@mta04.eastlink.ca> for util-linux@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:49:33 -0400 (AST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:49:33 -0400 To: Bill Pemberton Cc: Util-Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] fix spelling/typos in man pages Message-id: <20150225024933.GT3933@cordes.ca> References: <1424798123-11044-1-git-send-email-wfp5p@worldbroken.com> <1424812410.4082705.231939245.08843DF4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <54ECFEC0.3050702@worldbroken.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-reply-to: <54ECFEC0.3050702@worldbroken.com> From: Peter Cordes Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:44:16PM -0500, Bill Pemberton wrote: > Ok, I'm used to 1 patch 1 fix. While they're all spelling/typos they're > not the same word/typo. That makes sense for code, esp. to make regressions bisectable. It just bloats the revision history for docs. Single-word fixes, even scattered across multiple files, would be easier to look at as one commit in the git log. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X(peter@cor , des.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BC