Here are a few more. I don't want to prohibit "a a", in part because it is a lot more prone to false positives than "the the".
>From bd71117029b364e6aae441d20d9f941b9b8537cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 23:15:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] maint: fix "the the" in comment * lib/count-one-bits.h: s/the the/the/ --- ChangeLog | 3 +++ lib/count-one-bits.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e01dd6b..f523592 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2011-04-09 Jim Meyering <[email protected]> + maint: fix "the the" in comment + * lib/count-one-bits.h: s/the the/the/ + maint: change "can not" to "cannot" But do not change the occurrences in maintain.texi or in build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in, which I presume comes from gettext. diff --git a/lib/count-one-bits.h b/lib/count-one-bits.h index 930e861..093165c 100644 --- a/lib/count-one-bits.h +++ b/lib/count-one-bits.h @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ count += count_one_bits_32 (x >> 31 >> 1); \ return count; -/* Compute and return the the number of 1-bits set in the least +/* Compute and return the number of 1-bits set in the least significant 32 bits of X. */ static inline int count_one_bits_32 (unsigned int x) -- 1.7.5.rc1.228.g86d60b >From e9c8923d36e608241c829a06e1dc4a0931d961fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 23:18:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] maint.mk: prohibit \<the the\> * top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_the_the): New rule. --- ChangeLog | 3 +++ top/maint.mk | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f523592..521aefa 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2011-04-09 Jim Meyering <[email protected]> + maint.mk: prohibit \<the the\> + * top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_the_the): New rule. + maint: fix "the the" in comment * lib/count-one-bits.h: s/the the/the/ diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk index 823e46c..427dff3 100644 --- a/top/maint.mk +++ b/top/maint.mk @@ -841,6 +841,11 @@ sc_prohibit_S_IS_definition: halt='do not define S_IS* macros; include <sys/stat.h>' \ $(_sc_search_regexp) +sc_prohibit_the_the: + @prohibit='\<the[ ]the\>' \ + halt='avoid double "the"' \ + $(_sc_search_regexp) + sc_prohibit_can_not: @prohibit='\<can[ ]not\>' \ halt='use "cannot", not "can'' not"' \ -- 1.7.5.rc1.228.g86d60b >From 135351c549050196b5c1322b3ab1e956565ab3d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 23:18:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] maint: change "a a" to "a" * tests/test-lchown.h (test_lchown): s/a a/a/ --- ChangeLog | 3 +++ tests/test-lchown.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 521aefa..f1c5c3a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2011-04-09 Jim Meyering <[email protected]> + maint: change "a a" to "a" + * tests/test-lchown.h (test_lchown): s/a a/a/ + maint.mk: prohibit \<the the\> * top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_the_the): New rule. diff --git a/tests/test-lchown.h b/tests/test-lchown.h index aa10674..229ed6b 100644 --- a/tests/test-lchown.h +++ b/tests/test-lchown.h @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test_lchown (int (*func) (char const *, uid_t, gid_t), bool print) int result; /* Solaris 8 is interesting - if the current process belongs to - multiple groups, the current directory is owned by a a group that + multiple groups, the current directory is owned by a group that the current process belongs to but different than getegid(), and the current directory does not have the S_ISGID bit, then regular files created in the directory belong to the directory's group, -- 1.7.5.rc1.228.g86d60b
