[PATCH] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[PATCH] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[marmot1123]

In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.
---
 Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 46cf120f666df..0d59ab4cdfb1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
 consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
 directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
 superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
-the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
+the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
 
 Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
 and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
 `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
 
 The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
-superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
+superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
 
 The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
 hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Re: [PATCH] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Eric Sunshine]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:51 AM, marmot1123 <marmot.motoki@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
> It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.

Thanks for the contribution. Please sign-off your patch; see
Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

Re: [PATCH] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[brian m. carlson]

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 08:51:46AM +0000, marmot1123 wrote:
> In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
> It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.

While I agree consistency is good, does this have any effect on the
output?  I think AsciiDoc (and Asciidoctor) produce the non-ASCII
format for output, so this should be a no-op for all known output
formats.
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[PATCH v2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[marmot1123]

In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.

Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 46cf120f666df..0d59ab4cdfb1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
 consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
 directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
 superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
-the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
+the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
 
 Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
 and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
 `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
 
 The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
-superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
+superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
 
 The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
 hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Re: [PATCH v2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Stefan Beller]

Kaartic was the last to touch that file,
(as found via git log origin/master -- Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt),
sorry I did not find this in the review.

Thanks for the patch!
Stefan


On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:48 AM, marmot1123 <marmot.motoki@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
> It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> index 46cf120f666df..0d59ab4cdfb1c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
>  consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
>  directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
>  superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
> -the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
> +the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
>
>  Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
>  and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
>  `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
>
>  The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
> -superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
> +superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
>
>  The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
>  hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via
>
> --
> https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Re: [PATCH v2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Kaartic Sivaraam]

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Hi,

On Wednesday 21 February 2018 12:20 AM, Stefan Beller wrote:
> Kaartic was the last to touch that file,
> (as found via git log origin/master -- Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt),
> sorry I did not find this in the review.
> 

"Non-ASCII characters" made me dig into to this a little deeper as I
generally don't use them particularly for text files.

"git blame" points at d48034551 (submodules: overhaul documentation,
2017-06-22) as the offending comment.


> Thanks for the patch!

Yeah, nice catch!


--
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so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which
case, you fail by default.”

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Re: [PATCH v2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Todd Zullinger]

Hi,

marmot1123 wrote:
> In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
> It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.

If replacing the non-ASCI apostrophes is the goal, aren't
there a number of others in the same file worth cleaning up
at the same time?

$ grep '’' Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule’s Git
but no submodule working directory. The submodule’s Git directory
the superproject’s `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject’s history
The deletion removes the superproject’s tracking data, which are
The submodule’s working directory is removed from the file

This does seem to be the only file which includes the
non-ASCII apostrophe under Documentation.

Some tests include it (intentionally) as does
contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc.

-- 
Todd
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem
of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small
children and great nations.
    -- David Friedman

Re: [PATCH v2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Stefan Beller]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Kaartic Sivaraam
<kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wednesday 21 February 2018 12:20 AM, Stefan Beller wrote:
>> Kaartic was the last to touch that file,
>> (as found via git log origin/master -- Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt),
>> sorry I did not find this in the review.
>>
>
> "Non-ASCII characters" made me dig into to this a little deeper as I
> generally don't use them particularly for text files.
>
> "git blame" points at d48034551 (submodules: overhaul documentation,
> 2017-06-22) as the offending comment.

Hah, good catch! Sorry for my assumptions there.

Re: [PATCH v2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Junio C Hamano]

Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> writes:

> If replacing the non-ASCI apostrophes is the goal, aren't
> there a number of others in the same file worth cleaning up
> at the same time?
>
> $ grep '’' Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
> superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
> When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule’s Git
> but no submodule working directory. The submodule’s Git directory
> the superproject’s `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject’s history
> The deletion removes the superproject’s tracking data, which are
> The submodule’s working directory is removed from the file
>
> This does seem to be the only file which includes the
> non-ASCII apostrophe under Documentation.

Thanks for checking.  I agree that it is a good idea to clean the
whole file up at the same time.  The title would need to be updated,
as it will no longer be "fix misconversion".  The justification would
also become different---"the 'overhaul' did not just move the text
but made the apostrophe style changes and reverting that change is a
good thing" was a good justification for "fix misconversion", but
now we need to explain to the future readers of "git log" why we
prefer to turn all of them in this file to ASCII single quotes (just
saying "make it consistent" is sufficient).

Thanks.

[PATCH v3 2/2] Replace non-ASCII apostrophes to ASCII single quotes in gitsubmodules.txt

[marmot1123]

Before this patch, there are several non-ASCII apostrophes in
gitsubmodules.txt, and misconverged at the https://git-scm.com/docs/gitsubmodules/ .
To make codes consistent, these non-ASCII apostrophes are replaced
with ASCII single quotes.  This patch also makes the document readable
on the website.

Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 0d59ab4cdfb1c..030c974c25606 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -132,27 +132,27 @@ using older versions of Git.
 +
 It is possible to construct these old form repositories manually.
 +
-When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule’s Git
+When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule's Git
 directory is automatically moved to `$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/`
 of the superproject.
 
  * Deinitialized submodule: A `gitlink`, and a `.gitmodules` entry,
-but no submodule working directory. The submodule’s git directory
+but no submodule working directory. The submodule's git directory
 may be there as after deinitializing the git directory is kept around.
 The directory which is supposed to be the working directory is empty instead.
 +
 A submodule can be deinitialized by running `git submodule deinit`.
 Besides emptying the working directory, this command only modifies
-the superproject’s `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject’s history
+the superproject's `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject's history
 is not affected. This can be undone using `git submodule init`.
 
  * Deleted submodule: A submodule can be deleted by running
 `git rm <submodule path> && git commit`. This can be undone
 using `git revert`.
 +
-The deletion removes the superproject’s tracking data, which are
+The deletion removes the superproject's tracking data, which are
 both the `gitlink` entry and the section in the `.gitmodules` file.
-The submodule’s working directory is removed from the file
+The submodule's working directory is removed from the file
 system, but the Git directory is kept around as it to make it
 possible to checkout past commits without requiring fetching
 from another repository.

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

[PATCH v3 1/2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[marmot1123]

In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.

Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 46cf120f666df..0d59ab4cdfb1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
 consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
 directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
 superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
-the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
+the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
 
 Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
 and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
 `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
 
 The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
-superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
+superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
 
 The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
 hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Stefan Beller]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:52 AM, marmot1123 <marmot.motoki@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
> It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> index 46cf120f666df..0d59ab4cdfb1c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
>  consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
>  directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
>  superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
> -the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
> +the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
>
>  Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
>  and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
>  `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
>
>  The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
> -superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
> +superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
>
>  The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
>  hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via
>
> --
> https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Junio C Hamano]

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:52 AM, marmot1123 <marmot.motoki@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In the 2nd and 4th paragraph of DESCRIPTION, there ware misconversions `submodule’s`.
>> It seems non-ASCII apostrophes, so I rewrite ASCII apostrophes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
>> index 46cf120f666df..0d59ab4cdfb1c 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
>> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
>>  consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
>>  directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
>>  superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
>> -the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
>> +the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
>>
>>  Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
>>  and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
>> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
>>  `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
>>
>>  The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
>> -superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
>> +superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
>>
>>  The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
>>  hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via
>>
>> --
>> https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Forgot to say something of your own?  Perhaps wanted to (1) show a
sample of a better log message, (2) say "Acked-by", (3) re-raise the
point that the same "error" already appears in the same file and it
is better to clean them up all at once, or (4) something else?

Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Replace non-ASCII apostrophes to ASCII single quotes in gitsubmodules.txt

[Junio C Hamano]

marmot1123 <marmot.motoki@gmail.com> writes:

> Before this patch, there are several non-ASCII apostrophes in
> gitsubmodules.txt, and misconverged at the https://git-scm.com/docs/gitsubmodules/ .
> To make codes consistent, these non-ASCII apostrophes are replaced
> with ASCII single quotes.  This patch also makes the document readable
> on the website.
>
> Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
> ---

Interesting.  I didn't know the AsciiDoc renderer used there
mishandled these non-ASCII ticks.  Thanks for writing it down in the
log message.

When we say "there are ..." in a proposed commit log message
(i.e. in the present tense), it is the norm to talk about the
current state of affairs, so "Before this patch," is redundant.  I'd
drop it myself while queuing, and possibly applying other typofixes.

Thanks.


>  Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> index 0d59ab4cdfb1c..030c974c25606 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
> @@ -132,27 +132,27 @@ using older versions of Git.
>  +
>  It is possible to construct these old form repositories manually.
>  +
> -When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule’s Git
> +When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule's Git
>  directory is automatically moved to `$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/`
>  of the superproject.
>  
>   * Deinitialized submodule: A `gitlink`, and a `.gitmodules` entry,
> -but no submodule working directory. The submodule’s git directory
> +but no submodule working directory. The submodule's git directory
>  may be there as after deinitializing the git directory is kept around.
>  The directory which is supposed to be the working directory is empty instead.
>  +
>  A submodule can be deinitialized by running `git submodule deinit`.
>  Besides emptying the working directory, this command only modifies
> -the superproject’s `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject’s history
> +the superproject's `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject's history
>  is not affected. This can be undone using `git submodule init`.
>  
>   * Deleted submodule: A submodule can be deleted by running
>  `git rm <submodule path> && git commit`. This can be undone
>  using `git revert`.
>  +
> -The deletion removes the superproject’s tracking data, which are
> +The deletion removes the superproject's tracking data, which are
>  both the `gitlink` entry and the section in the `.gitmodules` file.
> -The submodule’s working directory is removed from the file
> +The submodule's working directory is removed from the file
>  system, but the Git directory is kept around as it to make it
>  possible to checkout past commits without requiring fetching
>  from another repository.
>
> --
> https://github.com/git/git/pull/459

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Stefan Beller]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

>
> Forgot to say something of your own?  Perhaps wanted to (1) show a
> sample of a better log message, (2) say "Acked-by", (3) re-raise the
> point that the same "error" already appears in the same file and it
> is better to clean them up all at once, or (4) something else?

(2) Acked-by and (4) I-am-sorry-for.

Thanks,
Stefan

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Fix misconversion of gitsubmodule.txt

[Junio C Hamano]

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Forgot to say something of your own?  Perhaps wanted to (1) show a
>> sample of a better log message, (2) say "Acked-by", (3) re-raise the
>> point that the same "error" already appears in the same file and it
>> is better to clean them up all at once, or (4) something else?
>
> (2) Acked-by and (4) I-am-sorry-for.

OK, I think the two patches are better squashed into one; in the
larger picture, it really does not matter where the problem
originated from.

Here is what I tentatively queued with copyedited log message.

-- >8 --
From: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:52:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt: avoid non-ASCII apostrophes

In gitsubmodules.txt, a few non-ASCII apostrophes are used to spell
possessive, e.g. "submodule's".  These unfortunately are not
rendered at https://git-scm.com/docs/gitsubmodules correctly by the
renderer used there.

Use ASCII apostrophes instead to work around the problem.  It also
is good to be consistent, as there are possessives spelled with
ASCII apostrophes.

Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 46cf120f66..030c974c25 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below)
 consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/`
 directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the
 superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of
-the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i).
+the submodule's working directory pointing to (i).
 
 Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/`
 and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form
 `submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`.
 
 The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
-superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at.
+superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
 
 The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
 hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via
@@ -132,27 +132,27 @@ using older versions of Git.
 +
 It is possible to construct these old form repositories manually.
 +
-When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule’s Git
+When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule's Git
 directory is automatically moved to `$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/`
 of the superproject.
 
  * Deinitialized submodule: A `gitlink`, and a `.gitmodules` entry,
-but no submodule working directory. The submodule’s git directory
+but no submodule working directory. The submodule's git directory
 may be there as after deinitializing the git directory is kept around.
 The directory which is supposed to be the working directory is empty instead.
 +
 A submodule can be deinitialized by running `git submodule deinit`.
 Besides emptying the working directory, this command only modifies
-the superproject’s `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject’s history
+the superproject's `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject's history
 is not affected. This can be undone using `git submodule init`.
 
  * Deleted submodule: A submodule can be deleted by running
 `git rm <submodule path> && git commit`. This can be undone
 using `git revert`.
 +
-The deletion removes the superproject’s tracking data, which are
+The deletion removes the superproject's tracking data, which are
 both the `gitlink` entry and the section in the `.gitmodules` file.
-The submodule’s working directory is removed from the file
+The submodule's working directory is removed from the file
 system, but the Git directory is kept around as it to make it
 possible to checkout past commits without requiring fetching
 from another repository.
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