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From: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, emilyshaffer@google.com,
	martin.agren@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gitfaq: cleanup gitfaq.txt
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 01:07:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200407010709.GK6369@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy2r8tbxn.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

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On 2020-04-06 at 23:46:28, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > -How do I ignore changes to a tracked file?::
> > -	Git doesn't provide a way to do this.  The reason is that if Git needs
> > +How do I ignore changes made to a tracked file?::
> > +	Git doesn't provide a way to do this. The reason is that if Git needs
> 
> With or without 'made', I think the header says the same thing, but
> I guess it does not hurt to be explicit.

I'm fine with or without this change.  I think the original is clear to
a native English speaker, but if we think it will be easier to parse or
harder to misread with "made", then I'm in favor of the change.  I, of
course, cannot speak for how either one reads to a non-native speaker.

I'm not sure it's fair to categorize it as a "grammatical mistake",
though.
-- 
brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-07  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-06 18:12 [PATCH 0/2] Add more issues in gitfaq Shourya Shukla
2020-04-06 18:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] gitfaq: cleanup gitfaq.txt Shourya Shukla
2020-04-06 19:06   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-06 23:46   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-07  1:07     ` brian m. carlson [this message]
2020-04-07  3:15       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-08 18:22     ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-04-10 18:29       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-06 18:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] gitfaq: append the 'Common Issues' section Shourya Shukla
2020-04-06 19:28   ` Junio C Hamano

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