RelNotes/2.54.0: fix typos and grammar

Fix various issues in the release notes -- missing/wrong articles, typo, indentation, quote consistency, and wording improvement or corrections. Other than the indentation fix for "The way combined list-object filter options...", this patch is much easier to view with --color-words. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Elijah Newren committed Apr 16, 2026 at 23:36 UTC 96a659da8a211a2eb8246f225db3c50a15017e68
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
36 * Extend the alias configuration syntax to allow aliases using
37 characters outside ASCII alphanumeric (plus '-').
38
39 - * A signature on a commit that was GPG signed long time ago ought to
39 + * A signature on a commit that was GPG signed a long time ago ought to
40 be still valid after the key that was used to sign it has expired,
41 but we showed them in alarming red.
42
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
88 * "git repo structure" command learns to report maximum values on
89 various aspects of objects it inspects.
90
91 - * "git rebase" learns "--trailer" command to drive the
91 + * "git rebase" learns "--trailer" option to drive the
92 interpret-trailers machinery.
93
94 * "git fast-import" learned to optionally replace signature on
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
119 * "git replay" (experimental) learns, in addition to "pick" and
120 "replay", a new operating mode "revert".
121
122 - * git replay now supports replaying down to the root commit.
122 + * "git replay" now supports replaying down to the root commit.
123
124 * Handling of signed commits and tags in fast-import has been made more
125 configurable.
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
207 from getting added.
208
209 * The core.attributesfile is intended to be set per repository, but
210 - were kept track of by a single global variable in-core, which has
210 + was kept track of by a single global variable in-core, which has
211 been corrected by moving it to per-repository data structure.
212
213 * Use the hook API to replace ad-hoc invocation of hook scripts via
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
232 * Reduce dependence on the global the_hash_algo and the_repository
233 variables of wt-status code path.
234
235 - * The way combined list-object filter options are parsed has been
236 - revamped.
235 + * The way combined list-object filter options are parsed has been
236 + revamped.
237
238 * Editorconfig filename patterns were specified incorrectly, making
239 many source files inside subdirectories unaffected, which has been
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
272 * split-index.c has been updated to not use the global the_repository
273 and the_hash_algo variables.
274
275 - * The unsigned integer that is used as an bitset to specify the kind
275 + * The unsigned integer that is used as a bitset to specify the kind
276 of branches interpret_branch_name() function has been changed to
277 use a dedicated enum type.
278
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
282 * Code paths that loop over another array to push each element into a
283 strvec have been rewritten to use strvec_pushv() instead.
284
285 - * In case homebrew breaks REG_ENHANCED again, leave a in-code comment
285 + * In case homebrew breaks REG_ENHANCED again, leave an in-code comment
286 to suggest use of our replacement regex as a workaround.
287
288 * MinGW build updates.
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ Fixes since v2.53
382 (merge f4eff7116d ps/pack-concat-wo-backfill later to maint).
383
384 * "git switch <name>", in an attempt to create a local branch <name>
385 - after a remote tracking branch of the same name gave an advise
385 + after a remote tracking branch of the same name gave an advice
386 message to disambiguate using "git checkout", which has been
387 updated to use "git switch".
388 (merge 12fee11f21 jc/checkout-switch-restore later to maint).
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ Fixes since v2.53
396 * "git format-patch --from=<me>" did not honor the command line
397 option when writing out the cover letter, which has been corrected.
398
399 - * Update build precedure for mergetool documentation in meson-based builds.
399 + * Update build procedure for mergetool documentation in meson-based builds.
400 (merge 58e4eeeeb5 pw/meson-doc-mergetool later to maint).
401
402 * An earlier attempt to optimize "git subtree" discarded too much