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
Martin Ågren writes:
>> 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, you can find plenty of discussion of this point of
>> grammar. Here’s jus
The code base contains a few instances of "up-to-date" and "up to date".
A tree wide sweep could be made to update user-visible strings in the
code and in the documentation. Fixing source code comments seems like
overkill. Could I count on you to review any changes I'd propose? (With
respect to the
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,
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