docs: fix typos

Fix some typos and grammar errors in comments and documentation files. Signed-off-by: Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Tuomas Ahola committed Jun 4, 2026 at 16:14 UTC e6145d12413044f90ee31eb7d83ae209aeb0adff
5 files changed +5 -5
Documentation/config/sideband.adoc
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sideband.allowControlCharacters::
13 Allow control sequences that move the cursor. This is
14 disabled by default.
15 `erase`::
16 - Allow control sequences that erase charactrs. This is
16 + Allow control sequences that erase characters. This is
17 disabled by default.
18 `false`::
19 Mask all control characters other than line feeds and
Documentation/git-format-rev.adoc
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS
33 The argument `rev` is also accepted.
34
35 `text`;; Formats all commit object names found in freeform text. These
36 - must the full object names, i.e. abbreviated hexidecimal object
36 + must be full object names, i.e. abbreviated hexadecimal object
37 names will not be interpreted.
38 +
39 Anything that is parsed as an object name but that is not found to be a
date.c
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@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ void datestamp(struct strbuf *out)
1074 *
1075 * The tm->tm_mday field has an additional logic of using negative values
1076 * for date adjustments: -2 means yesterday and -3 the day before that,
1077 - * and so on. The idea is to deref such adjustments until we are sure
1077 + * and so on. The idea is to defer such adjustments until we are sure
1078 * there's no explicit mday specification in the approxidate string.
1079 */
1080 static time_t update_tm(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, time_t sec)
replay.h
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct replay_revisions_options {
32
33 /*
34 * Starting point at which to create the new commits; must be a
35 - * committish. References pointing at decendants of `onto` will be
35 + * committish. References pointing at descendants of `onto` will be
36 * updated to point to the new commits.
37 */
38 const char *onto;
t/t9902-completion.sh
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@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ test_expect_success FUNNYNAMES \
2444 >repeated-quoted/2-file &&
2445 >repeated-quoted/3\"file && # ... and here, too.
2446
2447 - # Still, we shold only list the directory name only once.
2447 + # Still, we should list the directory name only once.
2448 test_path_completion repeated repeated-quoted
2449 '
2450