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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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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Documentation/SubmittingPatches

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. `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
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the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
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. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
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reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
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is ready for application. It is usually offered only after a
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detailed review.
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reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the
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patch after a detailed analysis.
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. `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
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and found it to have the desired effect.
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Documentation/git-push.txt

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You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to
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replace the history you originally published with the rebased history.
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If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are
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rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her
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commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work.
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rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with their
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commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose their work.
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This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are
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Documentation/user-manual.txt

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In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be
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