documentation: use clearer prepositions

Diff best viewed with --color-diff. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Elijah Newren committed Oct 8, 2023 at 06:45 UTC 9a9fd289cc81a3bb69eb2b4e11db27509e0eb515
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Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ maintainer.
87 Under truly exceptional circumstances where you absolutely must depend
88 on a select few topic branches that are already in `next` but not in
89 `master`, you may want to create your own custom base-branch by forking
90 -`master` and merging the required topic branches to it. You could then
90 +`master` and merging the required topic branches into it. You could then
91 work on top of this base-branch. But keep in mind that this base-branch
92 would only be known privately to you. So when you are ready to send
93 your patches to the list, be sure to communicate how you created it in
Documentation/config/branch.txt
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@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ for details).
99 branch.<name>.description::
100 Branch description, can be edited with
101 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
102 - automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
102 + automatically added to the format-patch cover letter or
103 request-pull summary.
Documentation/config/i18n.txt
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ i18n.commitEncoding::
2 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
3 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
4 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
5 - browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
5 + browser (and possibly in other places in the future or in other
6 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
7
8 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You can customize the creation of patch text via the
17 What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
18 diff format:
19
20 -1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header that looks like this:
20 +1. It is preceded by a "git diff" header that looks like this:
21
22 diff --git a/file1 b/file2
23 +
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ index fabadb8,cc95eb0..4866510
123 for_each_ref(get_name);
124 ------------
125
126 -1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header, that looks like
126 +1. It is preceded by a "git diff" header, that looks like
127 this (when the `-c` option is used):
128
129 diff --combined file
Documentation/git-am.txt
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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ OPTIONS
69 --empty=(stop|drop|keep)::
70 By default, or when the option is set to 'stop', the command
71 errors out on an input e-mail message lacking a patch
72 - and stops into the middle of the current am session. When this
72 + and stops in the middle of the current am session. When this
73 option is set to 'drop', skip such an e-mail message instead.
74 When this option is set to 'keep', create an empty commit,
75 recording the contents of the e-mail message as its log.
Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show "Unmerged".
42 commit with these flags.
43
44 -q::
45 - Remain silent even on nonexistent files
45 + Remain silent even for nonexistent files
46
47
48 include::diff-format.txt[]
Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ the change (as happening against the super repo). However, the client
70 will properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected
71 but it will not cause an incorrect result.
72
73 -By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work against network-mounted
73 +By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work with network-mounted
74 repositories; this may be overridden by setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to
75 `true`. Note, however, that the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed to work
76 correctly with all network-mounted repositories and such use is considered
Documentation/git-hook.txt
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
13 DESCRIPTION
14 -----------
15
16 -A command interface to running git hooks (see linkgit:githooks[5]),
16 +A command interface for running git hooks (see linkgit:githooks[5]),
17 for use by other scripted git commands.
18
19 SUBCOMMANDS
Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ merge base for a pair of commits.
28 OPERATION MODES
29 ---------------
30
31 -As the most common special case, specifying only two commits on the
31 +In the most common special case, specifying only two commits on the
32 command line means computing the merge base between the given two commits.
33
34 More generally, among the two commits to compute the merge base from,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ from linkgit:git-show-branch[1] when used with the `--merge-base` option.
64 the two commits, but also takes into account the reflog of
65 <ref> to see if the history leading to <commit> forked from
66 an earlier incarnation of the branch <ref> (see discussion
67 - on this mode below).
67 + of this mode below).
68
69 OPTIONS
70 -------
Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve
17 merge conflicts. It is typically run after 'git merge'.
18
19 If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will
20 -be run to resolve differences on each file (skipping those without
20 +be run to resolve differences in each file (skipping those without
21 conflicts). Specifying a directory will include all unresolved files in
22 that path. If no <file> names are specified, 'git mergetool' will run
23 the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts.
Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ EXAMPLES
50 --------
51
52 Imagine that you built your work on your `master` branch on top of
53 -the `v1.0` release, and want it to be integrated to the project.
53 +the `v1.0` release, and want it to be integrated into the project.
54 First you push that change to your public repository for others to
55 see:
56
Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
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@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Each line of options has this format:
383 dash to separate words in a multi-word argument hint.
384
385 The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used
386 -as the help associated to the option.
386 +as the help associated with the option.
387
388 Blank lines are ignored, and lines that don't match this specification are used
389 as option group headers (start the line with a space to create such
Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ OPTIONS
50
51 --current::
52 With this option, the command includes the current
53 - branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
53 + branch in the list of revs to be shown when it is not
54 given on the command line.
55
56 --topo-order::
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ $ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
197
198 shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
199 Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
200 -topologically related with each other.
200 +topologically related to each other.
201
202 CONFIGURATION
203 -------------
Documentation/git-update-index.txt
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@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
127 -g::
128 --again::
129 Runs 'git update-index' itself on the paths whose index
130 - entries are different from those from the `HEAD` commit.
130 + entries are different from those of the `HEAD` commit.
131
132 --unresolve::
133 Restores the 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state of a