Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation/technical: fix a typo

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On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 01:12:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Andrew Kreimer <algonell@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Fix a typo in documentation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Kreimer <algonell@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt
> > index fa0d01cbda..d968659354 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt
> > @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ everything behaves like a dense checkout with a few exceptions (e.g. branch
> >  checkouts and switches write fewer things, knowing the VFS will lazily
> >  write the rest on an as-needed basis).
> >  
> > -Since there is no publically available VFS-related code for folks to try,
> > +Since there is no publicly available VFS-related code for folks to try,
> 
> As a general rule, unless we are doing codewide sweep to use a
> single word in our glossary to refer to the same thing, or
> something, we should honor author's preference, when it is already
> written and it is not blatantly wrong.
> 
>   https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/publically
> 
> I am inclined to say that we should keep it as written, but I am not
> a native speaker, so please cite a source that tells what is written
> is blatantly wrong to help me accept this patch.
> 
> Thanks.

My bad!




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