Re: [PATCH v2] *: fix typos which duplicate a word

From: Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] *: fix typos which duplicate a word
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:31:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <beb55a5a-2507-e194-7e3b-92a028210e43@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1r99e0ff.fsf@gitster.g>

On 11/06/2021 01:59, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Fix typos in documentation and code comments which repeat various words.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>> These typos were found by searching using scripts like this:
>>
>> 	for w in $(grep '^....$' /usr/share/dict/words)
>> 	do
>> 		git grep -P "\b$w $w\b"
>> 	done
> 
> This is clarifying and somewhat puzzling at the same time.
> 
> It says that doubled words that span across line folding, and
> doubled words that do not have exactly a single space in between,
> have gone undetected (which is fine and may be useful information)
> by showing that it grepped for lines that has doubled words.  But it
> also says that you only looked for four-letter words, which I do not
> believe is the case (you fixed "the the", for example), which is
> misleading.  The "like this" part can be an excuse for that

Indeed. Basically, it was several scripts with different lists
of words.  I considered writing:

  	for w in <list of words>
  	do
  		git grep -P "\b$w $w\b"
  	done

but opted for an explicit example of a script used, which may
be reused later.

> inaccuracy, but then the whole thing pretty much has already been
> summarized nicely with your first line already, i.e. "which repeate
> various words".  If you update it the end part of the sentence to
> "which repeat various words on the same line",

Since v2, I've written a script to also check sentences which span
several lines.  I'll send out a v3 with a bunch more fixes.

> then the entire
> paragaph can go without losing clarity.
> Not a huge deal, though.
> 
> The changes themselves all look good to me.  Thanks.  Will apply.