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| author | Richard Dale <richard.dale@codethink.co.uk> | 2018-10-16 18:03:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> | 2018-10-16 20:40:39 +0100 |
| commit | ac5b482d297a80e6f86af90ccb1cfb8e2d377774 (patch) | |
| tree | 9de54a21c5b2674d5f9cac1f03d2bb17abd4d2d7 /CONTRIBUTING.rst | |
| parent | b023d5c01abbc2b74ee9d150b7999e647da0951a (diff) | |
| download | buildstream-ac5b482d297a80e6f86af90ccb1cfb8e2d377774.tar.gz | |
Fix spelling of it's and its
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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index 959f5894f..0f872e9e1 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ preferred in separate commits. If a commit in your branch modifies behavior such that a test must also be changed to match the new behavior, then the tests should be updated -with the same commit, so that every commit passes it's own tests. +with the same commit, so that every commit passes its own tests. Commit messages @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ is **illegal** to override any other method. * Subclasses are not allowed to override any other methods. The key here is that in BuildStream, we consider it unacceptable -that a subclass overrides a method of it's parent class unless +that a subclass overrides a method of its parent class unless the said parent class has explicitly given permission to subclasses to do so, and outlined the API contract for this purpose. No surprises are allowed. @@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ possible, and avoid any cyclic relationships in modules. For instance, the ``Source`` objects are owned by ``Element`` objects in the BuildStream data model, and as such the ``Element`` -will delegate some activities to the ``Source`` objects in it's +will delegate some activities to the ``Source`` objects in its possesion. The ``Source`` objects should however never call functions on the ``Element`` object, nor should the ``Source`` object itself have any understanding of what an ``Element`` is. @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ The BuildStream documentation style is as follows: Feel free to also use ``.. attention::`` or ``.. important::`` to call special attention to a paragraph, ``.. tip::`` to give the reader a special tip on how to use an advanced feature or ``.. warning::`` to warn the user about a potential - misuse of the API and explain it's consequences. + misuse of the API and explain its consequences. * Code blocks are defined using: ``.. code:: LANGUAGE`` blocks, followed by an empty line and then indented (3 spaces) text. Note that the default language is ``python``. |