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authorFelipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>2021-06-15 14:11:09 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-06-16 11:25:09 +0900
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doc: avoid using the gender of other people
Using gendered pronouns for an anonymous person applies a gender where none is known and further excludes readers who do not use gendered pronouns. Avoid such examples in the documentation by using "they" or passive voice to avoid the need for a pronoun. Inspired-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@ A fast-forward looks something like this:
In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be
a descendant of the old head. For example, the developer may have
-realized she made a serious mistake, and decided to backtrack,
+realized a serious mistake was made and decided to backtrack,
resulting in a situation like:
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