comments: fix misuses of "nor"

Signed-off-by: Justin Lebar <jlebar@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

20 files changed, 26 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dddaf4f287..fc02788184 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ all::
 #
 # Define NEEDS_LIBINTL_BEFORE_LIBICONV if you need libintl before libiconv.
 #
-# Define NO_INTPTR_T if you don't have intptr_t nor uintptr_t.
+# Define NO_INTPTR_T if you don't have intptr_t or uintptr_t.
 #
 # Define NO_UINTMAX_T if you don't have uintmax_t.
 #
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index b0d0986226..6013e1913c 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -4061,7 +4061,7 @@ static int write_out_one_reject(struct patch *patch)
 		return error(_("cannot open %s: %s"), namebuf, strerror(errno));
 
 	/* Normal git tools never deal with .rej, so do not pretend
-	 * this is a git patch by saying --git nor give extended
+	 * this is a git patch by saying --git or giving extended
 	 * headers.  While at it, maybe please "kompare" that wants
 	 * the trailing TAB and some garbage at the end of line ;-).
 	 */
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index ada51fa70f..7f37d1a245 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
 	 *       between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
 	 *
 	 *   (b) If <something> is _not_ a commit, either "--" is present
-	 *       or <something> is not a path, no -t nor -b was given, and
+	 *       or <something> is not a path, no -t or -b was given, and
 	 *       and there is a tracking branch whose name is <something>
 	 *       in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand to
 	 *       fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index b97373da3b..39e8836352 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static void show_rev_tweak_rev(struct rev_info *rev, struct setup_revision_opt *
 		/* There was no "-m" on the command line */
 		rev->ignore_merges = 0;
 		if (!rev->first_parent_only && !rev->combine_merges) {
-			/* No "--first-parent", "-c", nor "--cc" */
+			/* No "--first-parent", "-c", or "--cc" */
 			rev->combine_merges = 1;
 			rev->dense_combined_merges = 1;
 		}
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 541667f102..ef1f20ea94 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static int pbase_tree_cache_ix_incr(int ix)
 static struct pbase_tree {
 	struct pbase_tree *next;
 	/* This is a phony "cache" entry; we are not
-	 * going to evict it nor find it through _get()
+	 * going to evict it or find it through _get()
 	 * mechanism -- this is for the toplevel node that
 	 * would almost always change with any commit.
 	 */
diff --git a/column.c b/column.c
index 9367ba5db5..8d1ce88d14 100644
--- a/column.c
+++ b/column.c
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ static int parse_config(unsigned int *colopts, const char *value)
 		value += strspn(value, sep);
 	}
 	/*
-	 * Setting layout implies "always" if neither always, never
-	 * nor auto is specified.
+	 * If none of "always", "never", and "auto" is specified, then setting
+	 * layout implies "always".
 	 *
 	 * Current value in COL_ENABLE_MASK is disregarded. This means if
 	 * you set column.ui = auto and pass --column=row, then "auto"
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh b/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh
index 1a7689a48f..d2c1f98b86 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ cd_to_toplevel
 # branch.  However, if "git checkout HEAD" detaches the HEAD
 # from the current branch, even though that may be logically
 # correct, it feels somewhat funny.  More importantly, we do not
-# want "git checkout" nor "git checkout -f" to detach HEAD.
+# want "git checkout" or "git checkout -f" to detach HEAD.
 
 detached=
 detach_warn=
diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh b/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh
index bafeb52cd1..cb1bbf3b90 100755
--- a/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-reset.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ case "$1" in --) shift ;; esac
 
 # git reset --mixed tree [--] paths... can be used to
 # load chosen paths from the tree into the index without
-# affecting the working tree nor HEAD.
+# affecting the working tree or HEAD.
 if test $# != 0
 then
 	test "$reset_type" = "--mixed" ||
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ then
 	update=-u
 fi
 
-# Soft reset does not touch the index file nor the working tree
+# Soft reset does not touch the index file or the working tree
 # at all, but requires them in a good order.  Other resets reset
 # the index file to the tree object we are switching to.
 if test "$reset_type" = "--soft"
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
index 7f3afa5ac4..4dec1f18e4 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-directories.perl
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ was available previously is not included in this revision, it will
 be removed.
 
 If an on-disk revision is incomplete, you can point to files from
-a previous revision. There are no restriction as to where the source
-files are located, nor to the names of them.
+a previous revision. There are no restrictions on where the source
+files are located, nor on their names.
 
  [3.files]
  ; the key is the path inside the repository, the value is the path
diff --git a/delta.h b/delta.h
index b9d333dd5a..9b67531dfa 100644
--- a/delta.h
+++ b/delta.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct delta_index;
  *
  * This returns a pointer to a struct delta_index that should be passed to
  * subsequent create_delta() calls, or to free_delta_index().  A NULL pointer
- * is returned on failure.  The given buffer must not be freed nor altered
+ * is returned on failure.  The given buffer must not be freed or altered
  * before free_delta_index() is called.  The returned pointer must be freed
  * using free_delta_index().
  */
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 1cd4672d03..635dee244d 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ static int diff_scoreopt_parse(const char *opt)
 		}
 	}
 	if (cmd != 'M' && cmd != 'C' && cmd != 'B')
-		return -1; /* that is not a -M, -C nor -B option */
+		return -1; /* that is not a -M, -C, or -B option */
 
 	opt1 = parse_rename_score(&opt);
 	if (cmd != 'B')
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index bbea43075b..e92e5bb121 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Use \"git am --abort\" to remove it.")"
 		esac
 	fi
 
-	# Make sure we are not given --skip, --continue, nor --abort
+	# Make sure we are not given --skip, --continue, or --abort
 	test "$skip$resolved$abort" = "" ||
 		die "$(gettext "Resolve operation not in progress, we are not resuming.")"
 
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 3bc0f0b5ca..52108b9255 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ sub is_valid_pathname {
 	my $input = shift;
 
 	return undef unless defined $input;
-	# no '.' or '..' as elements of path, i.e. no '.' nor '..'
+	# no '.' or '..' as elements of path, i.e. no '.' or '..'
 	# at the beginning, at the end, and between slashes.
 	# also this catches doubled slashes
 	if ($input =~ m!(^|/)(|\.|\.\.)(/|$)!) {
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index cd37d5881c..a766066dfd 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 /*
  * We detect based on the cURL version if multi-transfer is
  * usable in this implementation and define this symbol accordingly.
- * This is not something Makefile should set nor users should pass
- * via CFLAGS.
+ * This shouldn't be set by the Makefile or by the user (e.g. via CFLAGS).
  */
 #undef USE_CURL_MULTI
 
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN.pm b/perl/Git/SVN.pm
index 6e804a271c..62f3293be4 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN.pm
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ sub do_fetch {
 		# we can have a branch that was deleted, then re-added
 		# under the same name but copied from another path, in
 		# which case we'll have multiple parents (we don't
-		# want to break the original ref, nor lose copypath info):
+		# want to break the original ref or lose copypath info):
 		if (my $log_entry = $self->find_parent_branch($paths, $rev)) {
 			push @{$log_entry->{parents}}, $lc;
 			return $log_entry;
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Migration.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Migration.pm
index 30daf35465..cf6ffa7581 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Migration.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Migration.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package Git::SVN::Migration;
 # these version numbers do NOT correspond to actual version numbers
-# of git nor git-svn.  They are just relative.
+# of git or git-svn.  They are just relative.
 #
 # v0 layout: .git/$id/info/url, refs/heads/$id-HEAD
 #
diff --git a/pkt-line.h b/pkt-line.h
index 0a838d1656..3cb9d91baa 100644
--- a/pkt-line.h
+++ b/pkt-line.h
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((f
  * Read a packetized line into the buffer, which must be at least size bytes
  * long. The return value specifies the number of bytes read into the buffer.
  *
- * If src_buffer is not NULL (and nor is *src_buffer), it should point to a
- * buffer containing the packet data to parse, of at least *src_len bytes.
- * After the function returns, src_buf will be incremented and src_len
- * decremented by the number of bytes consumed.
+ * If src_buffer and *src_buffer are not NULL, it should point to a buffer
+ * containing the packet data to parse, of at least *src_len bytes.  After the
+ * function returns, src_buf will be incremented and src_len decremented by the
+ * number of bytes consumed.
  *
  * If src_buffer (or *src_buffer) is NULL, then data is read from the
  * descriptor "fd".
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 5f63d55056..f43c7a9d53 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ int match_push_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref **dst,
 				/*
 				 * Remote doesn't have it, and we have no
 				 * explicit pattern, and we don't have
-				 * --all nor --mirror.
+				 * --all or --mirror.
 				 */
 				goto free_name;
 
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 6e8c05d108..b79efe431e 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ void close_pack_index(struct packed_git *p)
  * contain the same set of objects as an existing one.  In that case
  * the resulting file might be different even if its name would be the
  * same.  It is best to close any reference to the old pack before it is
- * replaced on disk.  Of course no index pointers nor windows for given pack
+ * replaced on disk.  Of course no index pointers or windows for given pack
  * must subsist at this point.  If ever objects from this pack are requested
  * again, the new version of the pack will be reinitialized through
  * reprepare_packed_git().
diff --git a/test-chmtime.c b/test-chmtime.c
index 0df748784b..dfe8a83261 100644
--- a/test-chmtime.c
+++ b/test-chmtime.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * This program can either change modification time of the given
- * file(s) or just print it. The program does not change atime nor
+ * file(s) or just print it. The program does not change atime or
  * ctime (their values are explicitly preserved).
  *
  * The mtime can be changed to an absolute value: