[PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index c44eb3a..6f8ae23 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ check-docs:: esac; \ done ) | sort -### Make sure built-ins do not have dups and listed in git.c +### Make sure built-ins do not have dupes and are listed in git.c # check-builtins:: ./check-builtins.sh -- 2.1.2-mingw-1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment
Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com writes: Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com --- Is that an improvement? Is the plural of dup (used as an abbreviation of duplicate) dupes not dups? Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index c44eb3a..6f8ae23 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ check-docs:: esac; \ done ) | sort -### Make sure built-ins do not have dups and listed in git.c +### Make sure built-ins do not have dupes and are listed in git.c # check-builtins:: ./check-builtins.sh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com wrote: Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com writes: Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com --- Is that an improvement? Is the plural of dup (used as an abbreviation of duplicate) dupes not dups? My view is that the abbreviation of duplicate is not dup but dupe, hence the plural dupes. -- Sebastian Schuberth -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com wrote: Is that an improvement? Is the plural of dup (used as an abbreviation of duplicate) dupes not dups? My view is that the abbreviation of duplicate is not dup but dupe, hence the plural dupes. For duplicate the noun, that is. For duplicate the verb I'd be ok with dup as the abbreviation. to dup sounds and looks better than to dupe :-) -- Sebastian Schuberth -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Improve wording in a comment
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Sebastian Schuberth sschube...@gmail.com wrote: Is that an improvement? Is the plural of dup (used as an abbreviation of duplicate) dupes not dups? My view is that the abbreviation of duplicate is not dup but dupe, hence the plural dupes. For duplicate the noun, that is. For duplicate the verb I'd be ok with dup as the abbreviation. to dup sounds and looks better than to dupe :-) We could also not abbreviate that word to avoid discussion there. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
