On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 08:06:02PM -0300, Diego Viola wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can someone please remove this commit from the repo: >> >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/README?id=6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e >> >> I made a huge grammar mistake in my commit message that I can't >> forget, it makes me feel terrible and I can't stop thinking about it. >> >> Please rewrite the history for the README or whatever, but just make >> this commit go away. >> >> It should have been spelled as: >> >> "README: GTK+ is an acronym" >> >> or >> >> "README: GTK+ is an initialism" >> >> But saying "a acronym" is just wrong. >> >> Thanks and sorry about this mistake, English isn't my native language. :-( >> >> Diego > > If it is any consolation, almost everybody makes mistakes in commit > messages. I certainly do, but fortunately many of mine will never > be public. As a native English speaker, 'a acronym' is perfectly > understandable (but 'an initialism' is slightly odd). But once it > is committed and made public, it is done. > > The content of your change is correct. Thanks for fixing it. In > future, perhaps do what I try to do - for commit messages themselves, > review before the next commit, and if necessary git commit --amend. > For email subjects, try to review before sending (I fail on both of > these). > > What's done is done, and the kernel *is* better for your > contribution. It is said that in the early days of the kernel there > was a war between those who could spell and those who could not. > Please, don't worry about grammar - as long as the text can be > understood, there is no problem. > > ĸen > -- > Il Porcupino Nil Sodomy Est! (if you will excuse my latatian) > aka "The hedgehog song" >
Thanks, that made me feel better. I'll be more careful next time. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
