diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f81fb918da..7fffee7e3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ advice.*:: when writing commit messages. Default: true. commitBeforeMerge:: Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to - merge to avoid overwritting local changes. + merge to avoid overwriting local changes. Default: true. resolveConflict:: Advices shown by various commands when conflicts @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects - that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the + that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base objects multiple times. @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ not necessarily be the current directory. am.keepcr:: If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will - not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden + not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. @@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If the attributes force git to treat a file as text, - the '-k' mode will be left blank so cvs clients will + the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow @@ -1275,7 +1275,9 @@ instaweb.local:: be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1). instaweb.modulepath:: - The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. + The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use + instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd + is Apache. instaweb.port:: The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt index 86b3015c13..efbe3790bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ logical change in each commit. The smaller the changes in your commit, the most effective "git bisect" will be. And you will probably need "git bisect" less in the first place, as small changes are easier to review even if they are -only reviewed by the commiter. +only reviewed by the committer. Another good idea is to have good commit messages. They can be very helpful to understand why some changes were made. diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index c28603ecf5..42fb1f57b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ OPTIONS Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its sole parent commit is a mistake, and the command prevents you from making such a commit. This option bypasses the safety, and - is primarily for use by foreign scm interface scripts. + is primarily for use by foreign SCM interface scripts. --allow-empty-message:: Like --allow-empty this command is primarily for use by foreign - scm interface scripts. It allows you to create a commit with an + SCM interface scripts. It allows you to create a commit with an empty commit message without using plumbing commands like linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 8bcd875a67..608cd63fc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ ISSUES ------ Problems related to timestamps: - * If timestamps of commits in the cvs repository are not stable enough + * If timestamps of commits in the CVS repository are not stable enough to be used for ordering commits changes may show up in the wrong order. * If any files were ever "cvs import"ed more than once (e.g., import of @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Problems related to branches: * Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported. * All files from the branching point are added to a branch even if - never added in cvs. + never added in CVS. * This applies to files added to the source branch *after* a daughter branch was created: if previously no commit was made on the daughter branch they will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 7004dd2dec..f4472c61db 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ CRLF Line Ending Conversions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By default the server leaves the '-k' mode blank for all files, -which causes the cvs client to treat them as a text files, subject -to crlf conversion on some platforms. +which causes the CVS client to treat them as a text files, subject +to end-of-line conversion on some platforms. You can make the server use the end-of-line conversion attributes to set the '-k' modes for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt index 6904739a48..51edeecbe5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS --no-filters:: Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would - have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including crlf + have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including the end-of-line conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this is always implied, unless the --path option is given. diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index b04d129b3f..9cf31485fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Keep changes in working tree while discarding some previous commits:: Suppose you are working on something and you commit it, and then you continue working a bit more, but now you think that what you have in your working tree should be in another branch that has nothing to do -with what you commited previously. You can start a new branch and +with what you committed previously. You can start a new branch and reset it while keeping the changes in your work tree. + ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index 3cd32d6803..eb3d040783 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You may find these things in your git repository (`.git` directory for a repository associated with your working tree, or `.git` directory for a public 'bare' repository. It is also possible to have a working tree where `.git` is a plain -ascii file containing `gitdir: `, i.e. the path to the +ASCII file containing `gitdir: `, i.e. the path to the real git repository). objects:: diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt index 1dcd1e7f1e..289019478d 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The ssh and git protocols additionally support ~username expansion: - git://host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/~{startsb}user{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ - {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:/~{startsb}user{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ -For local respositories, also supported by git natively, the following +For local repositories, also supported by git natively, the following syntaxes may be used: - /path/to/repo.git/