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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index f89952ad84..3d02198cc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ______________________________________________ Git is a fast distributed revision control system. -This manual is designed to be readable by someone with basic unix +This manual is designed to be readable by someone with basic UNIX command-line skills, but no previous knowledge of git. <<repositories-and-branches>> and <<exploring-git-history>> explain how @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ commits will help understand how the git organizes history. In the following, we say that commit X is "reachable" from commit Y if commit X is an ancestor of commit Y. Equivalently, you could say -that Y is a descendent of X, or that there is a chain of parents +that Y is a descendant of X, or that there is a chain of parents leading from commit Y to commit X. [[history-diagrams]] @@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ gitlink:git-update-server-info[1], and the documentation link:hooks.html[Hooks used by git].) Advertise the url of proj.git. Anybody else should then be able to -clone or pull from that url, for example with a commandline like: +clone or pull from that url, for example with a command line like: ------------------------------------------------- $ git clone http://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git @@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ them again with gitlink:git-am[1]. Other tools ----------- -There are numerous other tools, such as stgit, which exist for the +There are numerous other tools, such as StGIT, which exist for the purpose of maintaining a patch series. These are outside of the scope of this manual. @@ -3961,8 +3961,8 @@ This is a work in progress. The basic requirements: - It must be readable in order, from beginning to end, by - someone intelligent with a basic grasp of the unix - commandline, but without any special knowledge of git. If + someone intelligent with a basic grasp of the UNIX + command line, but without any special knowledge of git. If necessary, any other prerequisites should be specifically mentioned as they arise. - Whenever possible, section headings should clearly describe |