From 3c735e0776e11951631c6b7a181c655f5742011b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremiah Mahler Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 19:23:32 -0700 Subject: Documentation: wording fixes in the user manual and glossary Re-word the section on "Updating a repository with git fetch" in the user manual. Various other minor fixes in the manual and glossary. Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 2 +- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 15 +++++++-------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index be0858c188..4e0b971824 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ [[def_alternate_object_database]]alternate object database:: Via the alternates mechanism, a <> can inherit part of its <> - from another object database, which is called "alternate". + from another object database, which is called an "alternate". [[def_bare_repository]]bare repository:: A bare repository is normally an appropriately diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 022e74e616..46aa6bc1a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -416,12 +416,11 @@ REVISIONS" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. Updating a repository with git fetch ------------------------------------ -Eventually the developer cloned from will do additional work in her -repository, creating new commits and advancing the branches to point -at the new commits. +After you clone a repository and commit a few changes of your own, you +may wish to check the original repository for updates. -The command `git fetch`, with no arguments, will update all of the -remote-tracking branches to the latest version found in her +The `git-fetch` command, with no arguments, will update all of the +remote-tracking branches to the latest version found in the original repository. It will not touch any of your own branches--not even the "master" branch that was created for you on clone. @@ -1811,8 +1810,8 @@ manner. You can then import these into your mail client and send them by hand. However, if you have a lot to send at once, you may prefer to use the linkgit:git-send-email[1] script to automate the process. -Consult the mailing list for your project first to determine how they -prefer such patches be handled. +Consult the mailing list for your project first to determine +their requirements for submitting patches. [[importing-patches]] Importing patches to a project @@ -2255,7 +2254,7 @@ $ git checkout test && git merge speed-up-spinlocks It is unlikely that you would have any conflicts here ... but you might if you spent a while on this step and had also pulled new versions from upstream. -Some time later when enough time has passed and testing done, you can pull the +Sometime later when enough time has passed and testing done, you can pull the same branch into the `release` tree ready to go upstream. This is where you see the value of keeping each patch (or patch series) in its own branch. It means that the patches can be moved into the `release` tree in any order. -- cgit v1.2.1