Merge fixes up to GIT 1.0.7

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

33 files changed, 89 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
index dc9387b697..8fd1a33499 100644
--- a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ mailing list archives for details).
 git has a couple of alternatives, though, that you may find sufficient
 or even superior depending on your use.  One is called "git-whatchanged"
 (for obvious reasons) and the other one is called "pickaxe" ("a tool for
-the software archeologist"). 
+the software archaeologist"). 
 
 The "git-whatchanged" script is a truly trivial script that can give you
 a good overview of what has changed in a file or a directory (or an
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index 97756ec030..0398b408c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ git specific extension to diff format
 What -p option produces is slightly different from the
 traditional diff format.
 
-1.   It is preceeded with a "git diff" header, that looks like
+1.   It is preceded with a "git diff" header, that looks like
      this:
 
      diff --git a/file1 b/file2
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 9e574a04d3..5c85167ff2 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 --abbrev[=<n>]::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
 	name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
-	lines, show only handful dhexigits prefix.  This is
+	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  This is
 	independent of --full-index option above, which controls
 	the diff-patch output format.  Non default number of
 	digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 4cae41267a..89e461402e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DISCUSSION
 ----------
 
 The list of <file> given to the command is fed to `git-ls-files`
-command to list files that are not registerd in the index and
+command to list files that are not registered in the index and
 are not ignored/excluded by `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file or
 `.gitignore` file in each directory.  This means two things:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index a415fe24c3..02cabc935e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches in a mailbox
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git-am' [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8] [--binary] [--3way] <mbox>...
 'git-am' [--skip | --resolved]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 626e281596..51c7d47092 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement] [-z] [<patch>...]
+[verse]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply]
+	  [--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement] [-z]
+	  [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
index a2bd788f37..023d3ae7b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-archimport - Import an Arch repository into git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-`git-archimport` [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -o ] [ -a ] [ -f ] [ -T ]
-                 [ -D depth ] [ -t tempdir ] 
-                 <archive/branch> [ <archive/branch> ]
+[verse]
+`git-archimport` [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir]
+               <archive/branch> [ <archive/branch> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Imports a project from one or more Arch repositories. It will follow branches
 and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch>
-parameters suppplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from
+parameters supplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from
 it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it 
 as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below). 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 9a7700fa7f..504eb1b16a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | <type>] <object>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
index 9f32c65aab..2a1e526c6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working directory
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git-checkout-index' [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>]
-	[--stage=<number>] [--] <file>...
+		   [--stage=<number>] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index f943f267da..790b87b231 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
+[verse]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+	  <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index a794192d7b..41d1a1c4b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ either `.git/config` file, or using the following environment variables.
 
 (nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
 
-In `.git/config` file, the following items are used:
+In `.git/config` file, the following items are used for GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and
+GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL:
 
 	[user]
 		name = "Your Name"
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 8b91f221fe..e0ff74f648 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-commit - Record your changes
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>] [-e] [--] <file>...
+[verse]
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
+	   [-e] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 91def2b515..13cbf3ba67 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a commit to a CVS checkout
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-git-cvsexportcommmit.perl 
-                        [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -c ] [ -p ] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID 
+'git-cvsexportcommmit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-p] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index f89b251e1e..01ca7ef96f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-cvsimport - Import a CVS repository into git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
-			[ -d <CVSROOT> ] [ -p <options-for-cvsps> ]
-			[ -C <git_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -P <file> ] [ -k ]
-			[ -s <subst> ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <CVS_module> ]
+[verse]
+'git-cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-s <subst>]
+	      [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-C <git_repository>] [-i] [-P <file>]
+	      [-m] [-M regex] [<CVS_module>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 2a8f371ec9..33f3320e28 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
-             [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [directory...]
+           [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [directory...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
index dba6d30fcf..5d2096a4c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If '--cached' is specified, it allows you to ask:
 	contents (the ones I'd write with a "git-write-tree")
 
 For example, let's say that you have worked on your working directory, updated
-some files in the index and are ready to commit. You want to see eactly
+some files in the index and are ready to commit. You want to see exactly
 *what* you are going to commit is without having to write a new tree
 object and compare it that way, and to do that, you just do
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ NOTE: As with other commands of this type, "git-diff-index" does not
 actually look at the contents of the file at all. So maybe
 `kernel/sched.c` hasn't actually changed, and it's just that you
 touched it. In either case, it's a note that you need to
-"git-upate-index" it to make the index be in sync.
+"git-update-index" it to make the index be in sync.
 
 NOTE: You can have a mixture of files show up as "has been updated"
 and "is still dirty in the working directory" together. You can always
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 9a2947e27d..91fb130497 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [--root] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
+[verse]
+'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] [-t] [-r]
+	      [--root] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ separated with a single space are given.
 -s::
 	By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" shows differences,
 	either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch
-	form (with '-p').  This output can be supressed.  It is
+	form (with '-p').  This output can be suppressed.  It is
 	only useful with '-v' flag.
 
 -v::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index b04f393bc4..ca41634022 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <3>
 <1> instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the
 tip of "test" branch.
 <2> instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with
-the tip of the curren branch, but limit the comparison to the
+the tip of the current branch, but limit the comparison to the
 file "test".
 <3> compare the version before the last commit and the last commit.
 ------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index d7ca2dbb22..47705de4fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [-s] [-c] [--mbox] [--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]
+[verse]
+'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [-s] [-c] [--mbox]
+		 [--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ git-format-patch -M -B origin::
 
 See Also
 --------
-gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email
+gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email[1]
 
 
 Author
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt
index bab1f6080c..387b435484 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-fsck-objects' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] [<object>*]
+[verse]
+'git-fsck-objects' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache]
+		 [--standalone | --full] [--strict] [<object>*]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 0175793483..2bfd8edbc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-grep - print lines matching a pattern
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-grep' <option>... <pattern> <path>...
+'git-grep' [<option>...] <pattern> [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ OPTIONS
 	The pattern to look for.
 
 <path>...::
-
 	Optional paths to limit the set of files to be searched;
 	passed to `git-ls-files`.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index 1116e855d6..bc1a132891 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-http-fetch(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-http-fetch - Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP
+git-http-fetch - downloads a remote git repository via HTTP
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] commit-id url
+'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] <commit> <url>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
index 6deef92508..ea4d849aa3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>]
+'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared]
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --template=<template_directory>::
 	Provide the directory in from which templates will be used.
 
+--shared::
+	Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users.
+
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -30,7 +33,16 @@ If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY`
 environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
 otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
 
-`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository.
+A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
+repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository" 
+is set to 'true' so that directories under `$GIT_DIR` are made group writable
+(and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users).
+
+
+Running `git-init-db` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite
+things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db`
+is to pick up newly added templates.
+
 
 
 EXAMPLES
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 186f3bb57a..e42af5ebe2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	H::	cached
 	M::	unmerged
 	R::	removed/deleted
-	C::	modifed/changed
+	C::	modified/changed
 	K::	to be killed
 	?	other
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 009ec5ab37..2d67d3911e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ base-name::
 	output of the command.
 
 --stdout::
-	Write the pack contents (what would have been writtin to
+	Write the pack contents (what would have been written to
 	.pack file) out to the standard output.
 
 --window and --depth::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index 5eefe02437..306946412f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
 escaped.
 
-If you want to set/unset an option which can occor on multiple lines, you
+If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you
 should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines
-*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exlamation mark in front
+*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front
 (see EXAMPLES).
 
 This command will fail if
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 064ccb1f87..f9146f1900 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git-rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
-	[ \--max-age=timestamp ]
-	[ \--min-age=timestamp ]
-	[ \--sparse ]
-	[ \--no-merges ]
-	[ \--all ]
-	[ [ \--merge-order [ \--show-breaks ] ] | [ \--topo-order ] | ]
-	[ \--parents ]
-	[ \--objects [ \--unpacked ] ]
-	[ \--pretty | \--header | ]
-	[ \--bisect ]
-	<commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
+	     [ \--max-age=timestamp ]
+	     [ \--min-age=timestamp ]
+	     [ \--sparse ]
+	     [ \--no-merges ]
+	     [ \--all ]
+	     [ [ \--merge-order [ \--show-breaks ] ] | [ \--topo-order ] ]
+	     [ \--parents ]
+	     [ \--objects [ \--unpacked ] ]
+	     [ \--pretty | \--header ]
+	     [ \--bisect ]
+	     <commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ the marked commit in the list.
 +
 Commits marked with (^) are not parents of the immediately preceding commit.
 These "breaks" represent necessary discontinuities implied by trying to
-represent an arbtirary DAG in a linear form.
+represent an arbitrary DAG in a linear form.
 +
 `--show-breaks` is only valid if `--merge-order` is also specified.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index ffe64d8353..5b76f3b99e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
 displayed, indented N places.  If a commit is on the I-th
 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a '+' sign;
 otherwise it shows a space.  Each commit shows a short name that
-can be used as an exended SHA1 to name that commit.
+can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
 
 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
 and "mhf":
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt b/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt
index f8dbee7096..db1ce38daf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 'git-svnimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -d | -D ]
 			[ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ] [-l limit_rev]
-			[ -b branch_subdir ] [ -t trunk_subdir ] [ -T tag_subdir ]
+			[ -b branch_subdir ] [ -T trunk_subdir ] [ -t tag_subdir ]
 			[ -s start_chg ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ]
 			<SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ]
 
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ OPTIONS
 -s <start_rev>::
         Start importing at this SVN change number. The  default is 1.
 +
-When importing incementally, you might need to edit the .git/svn2git file.
+When importing incrementally, you might need to edit the .git/svn2git file.
 
 -i::
 	Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing.  This option
 	ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
 	not create them if they do not exist.
 
--t <trunk_subdir>::
+-T <trunk_subdir>::
 	Name the SVN trunk. Default "trunk".
 
--T <tag_subdir>::
+-t <tag_subdir>::
 	Name the SVN subdirectory for tags. Default "tags".
 
 -b <branch_subdir>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 90c5bfaf64..92cfe0ee31 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]::
 gitlink:git-send-email[1]::
 	Send patch e-mails out of "format-patch --mbox" output.
 
-gitlink:git-symbolic-refs[1]::
+gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1]::
 	Read and modify symbolic refs.
 
 gitlink:git-stripspace[1]::
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
index 520f4c50fc..2331be5a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ hash::
 	In git's context, synonym to object name.
 
 object database::
-	Stores a set of "objects", and an individial object is identified
+	Stores a set of "objects", and an individual object is identified
 	by its object name. The objects usually live in `$GIT_DIR/objects/`.
 
 blob object::
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/isolate-bugs-with-bisect.txt b/Documentation/howto/isolate-bugs-with-bisect.txt
index 400949564d..edbcd4c661 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/isolate-bugs-with-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/isolate-bugs-with-bisect.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Then do
 	git bisect bad master		<- mark "master" as the bad state
 	git bisect good ORIG_HEAD	<- mark ORIG_HEAD as good (or
 					   whatever other known-good 
-					   thing you booted laste)
+					   thing you booted last)
 
 and at this point "git bisect" will churn for a while, and tell you what 
 the mid-point between those two commits are, and check that state out as 
diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
index 1b5f228241..0347cabbb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ outside world but sometimes useful for private repository.
 . You can be using `objects/info/alternates` mechanism, or
 `$GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES` mechanism to 'borrow'
 objects from other object stores.  A repository with this kind
-of incompete object store is not suitable to be published for
+of incomplete object store is not suitable to be published for
 use with dumb transports but otherwise is OK as long as
 `objects/info/alternates` points at the right object stores
 it borrows from.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ info/refs::
 	up-to-date if the repository is published for dumb
 	transports.  The `git-receive-pack` command, which is
 	run on a remote repository when you `git push` into it,
-	runs `hooks/update` hook to help you achive this.
+	runs `hooks/update` hook to help you achieve this.
 
 info/grafts::
 	This file records fake commit ancestry information, to