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authorFrancis Daly <francis@daoine.org>2006-06-07 13:56:45 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-06-07 11:49:35 -0700
commit3742506578dda5de2fe97e403f04150a85ffef17 (patch)
tree9e7e042b220c4d0567d6a6d6a5014ca3bdab5356 /Documentation
parent17cf250aff26d3baa6b311a3404f1a932e16cf17 (diff)
downloadgit-3742506578dda5de2fe97e403f04150a85ffef17.tar.gz
Some doc typo fixes
All should be clear enough, except perhaps committish / commitish. I just kept the more-used one within the current docs. [jc: with rephrasing of check-ref-format description later discussed on the list] Signed-off-by: Francis Daly <francis@daoine.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cvs-migration.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/everyday.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-describe.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-name-rev.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4import.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-read-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hooks.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tutorial.txt2
10 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c861c6ce17..4ce78679fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ gitcvs.logfile::
http.sslVerify::
Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
- over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
+ over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
variable.
http.sslCert::
File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
- over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
+ over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
variable.
http.sslKey::
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ http.sslCAInfo::
http.sslCAPath::
Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
- with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overriden
+ with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
http.maxRequests::
diff --git a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
index 826d0897e2..1fbca83141 100644
--- a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Make sure committers have a umask of at most 027, so that the directories
they create are writable and searchable by other group members.
Suppose this repository is now set up in /pub/repo.git on the host
-foo.com. Then as an individual commiter you can clone the shared
+foo.com. Then as an individual committer you can clone the shared
repository:
------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index 6745ab5fc5..b935c18088 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Everybody uses these commands to feed and care git repositories.
* gitlink:git-fsck-objects[1] to validate the repository.
- * gitlink:git-prune[1] to garbage collect crufts in the
+ * gitlink:git-prune[1] to garbage collect cruft in the
repository.
* gitlink:git-repack[1] to pack loose objects for efficiency.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 3ea720dd00..13a5f43049 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ branch head is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` directory, and
a tag is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory. git
imposes the following rules on how refs are named:
-. It could be named hierarchically (i.e. separated with slash
- `/`), but each of its component cannot begin with a dot `.`;
+. It can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory)
+ grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a
+ dot `.`;
. It cannot have two consecutive dots `..` anywhere;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 7a253eaf28..2700f35bdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object name of the commit.
OPTIONS
-------
<committish>::
- The object name of the comittish.
+ The object name of the committish.
--all::
Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
index ffaa00468f..39a1434a0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-name-rev' [--tags] ( --all | --stdin | <commitish>... )
+'git-name-rev' [--tags] ( --all | --stdin | <committish>... )
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4import.txt b/Documentation/git-p4import.txt
index b8ff1e9bde..c198ff2502 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4import.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Therefore after the import you can use git to access any commit by its
Perforce number, eg. git show p4/327.
The tag associated with the HEAD commit is also how `git-p4import`
-determines if their are new changes to incrementally import from the
+determines if there are new changes to incrementally import from the
Perforce repository.
If you import from a repository with many thousands of changes
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 02c7e99fe6..d894f537ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ file that does not match stage 2.
This is done to prevent you from losing your work-in-progress
changes, and mixing your random changes in an unrelated merge
commit. To illustrate, suppose you start from what has been
-commited last to your repository:
+committed last to your repository:
----------------
$ JC=`git-rev-parse --verify "HEAD^0"`
diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt
index e3dde39190..898b4aaf80 100644
--- a/Documentation/hooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ update
This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository,
which is happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository.
Just before updating the ref on the remote repository, the update hook
-is invoked. It's exit status determines the success or failure of
+is invoked. Its exit status determines the success or failure of
the ref update.
The hook executes once for each ref to be updated, and takes
diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index db563127b2..554ee0af91 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ $ git diff v2.5 HEAD # compare the current HEAD to v2.5
$ git branch stable v2.5 # start a new branch named "stable" based
# at v2.5
$ git reset --hard HEAD^ # reset your current branch and working
- # directory its state at HEAD^
+ # directory to its state at HEAD^
-------------------------------------
Be careful with that last command: in addition to losing any changes