On 6/7/2021 2:56 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> To futher justify singular "they" as an acceptable grammatical concept, >> I include the careful research of brian m. carlson who collected their >> thoughts on this matter [2] (lightly edited): > > The use of "their" here I found going overboard, given that (1) it > is outside the topic of this change, where you are not referring to > a non-specific person, and (2) as Brian's siglines indicate, the > preferred pronouns for the particular person you are referring to is > "he/him or they/them". I'll admit that I was trying to be instructive in my commit message whenever possible, so specifically chose that option among brian's preferred pronouns. If I misinterpreted the purpose of "he/him or they/them" then I will absolutely change this instance. For my part, I did run this message by brian before sending the patch, to be sure that my use of the quote was appropriate. (Also, I'm purposefully lower-casing "brian m. carlson" to match chosen email signatures, but perhaps that is also incorrect?) Thanks, -Stolee
