diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 55287d72e0e..3e215f4d808 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -373,9 +373,8 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area the patch attempts to modify liked the patch. . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the - reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch - is ready for application. It is usually offered only after a - detailed review. + reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the + patch after a detailed analysis. . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch and found it to have the desired effect. diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index a953c7c3879..2f25aa3a291 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ Imagine that you have to rebase what you have already published. You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to replace the history you originally published with the rebased history. If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are -rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her -commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work. +rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with their +commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose their work. + This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index f9e54b86741..96240598e3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ A fast-forward looks something like this: In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be a descendant of the old head. For example, the developer may have -realized she made a serious mistake, and decided to backtrack, +realized a serious mistake was made and decided to backtrack, resulting in a situation like: ................................................ diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c index 8ea55a447fa..143f472c0f2 100644 --- a/commit.c +++ b/commit.c @@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ static void handle_signed_tag(struct commit *parent, struct commit_extra_header /* * We could verify this signature and either omit the tag when * it does not validate, but the integrator may not have the - * public key of the signer of the tag he is merging, while a + * public key of the signer of the tag being merged, while a * later auditor may have it while auditing, so let's not run * verify-signed-buffer here for now... * diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index c4dcb40b474..f33abeab851 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -2838,7 +2838,7 @@ static void maybe_remove_section(struct config_store_data *store, begin = store->parsed[i].begin; /* - * Next, make sure that we are removing he last key(s) in the section, + * Next, make sure that we are removing the last key(s) in the section, * and that there are no comments that are possibly about the current * section. */ diff --git a/config.h b/config.h index 9038538ffdc..a2200f31115 100644 --- a/config.h +++ b/config.h @@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ void git_configset_init(struct config_set *cs); /** * Parses the file and adds the variable-value pairs to the `config_set`, * dies if there is an error in parsing the file. Returns 0 on success, or - * -1 if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. The user has to decide - * if he wants to free the incomplete configset or continue using it when + * -1 if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. The caller decides + * whether to free the incomplete configset or continue using it when * the function returns -1. */ int git_configset_add_file(struct config_set *cs, const char *filename); diff --git a/date.c b/date.c index f9ea807b3a9..c55ea47e96a 100644 --- a/date.c +++ b/date.c @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ int parse_expiry_date(const char *date, timestamp_t *timestamp) /* * We take over "now" here, which usually translates * to the current timestamp. This is because the user - * really means to expire everything she has done in + * really means to expire everything that was done in * the past, and by definition reflogs are the record * of the past, and there is nothing from the future * to be kept. diff --git a/pathspec.h b/pathspec.h index fceebb876f7..2341dc99010 100644 --- a/pathspec.h +++ b/pathspec.h @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct pathspec { * * A similar process is applied when a new pathspec magic is added. The designer * lifts the GUARD_PATHSPEC restriction in the functions that support the new - * magic. At the same time (s)he has to make sure this new feature will be + * magic while at the same time making sure this new feature will be * caught at parse_pathspec() in commands that cannot handle the new magic in * some cases. grepping parse_pathspec() should help. */ diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h index 223ee2094af..a86dcaaf44d 100644 --- a/strbuf.h +++ b/strbuf.h @@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ const char *strbuf_join_argv(struct strbuf *buf, int argc, * placeholder is unknown, then the percent sign is copied, too. * * In order to facilitate caching and to make it possible to give - * parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context pointer, - * which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit. + * parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context + * pointer with any kind of data. */ typedef size_t (*expand_fn_t) (struct strbuf *sb, const char *placeholder, diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh index 1aea943bef7..aa55b41b9a9 100755 --- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh +++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh @@ -1538,7 +1538,6 @@ test_expect_success 'O: comments are all skipped' ' commit refs/heads/O1 # -- ignore all of this text committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE - # $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME has inserted here for his benefit. data <