Re: [PATCH 2/2] treewide: correct several "up-to-date" to "up to date"

2017-08-23 Thread STEVEN WHITE
-pack.c, but transport.c (git push) also has the same string). > > This was produced by grepping for "up-to-date" and "up to date". It > turned out we only had to edit in one direction, removing the hyphens. > > Fix a typo in Documentation/git-diff-index.txt whil

Re: "Your branch is up-to-date ..." is incorrect English grammar

2017-08-22 Thread STEVEN WHITE
Thank you, Martin and Junio. I'd be happy to review any patches. Thank you both for your help! :) (incidentally, I've had a devil of a time sending my two emails on this topic--a total of 5 bounced mails for various reasons: didn't like my email format, didn't like my email address, mail client, I

"Your branch is up-to-date ..." is incorrect English grammar

2017-08-21 Thread STEVEN WHITE
Either of these two options is CORRECT: “Your branch is up to date …” “You have an up-to-date branch …” But “your branch is up-to-date” is INCORRECT. And, because it’s incorrect, it conveys an odd and unsettling experience to native English speakers whenever they read it. If you’re curious,