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 <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 0452db2..1d9f06b 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -370,9 +370,8 @@
. `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
- reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
- is ready for application. It is usually offered only after a
- detailed review.
+ reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the
+ patch after a detailed analysis.
. `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
and found it to have the desired effect.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index ab103c8..48cf37b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@
You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to
replace the history you originally published with the rebased history.
If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are
-rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her
-commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work.
+rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with their
+commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose their work.
+
This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are
updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fd480b8..2983e3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@
In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be
a descendant of the old head. For example, the developer may have
-realized she made a serious mistake, and decided to backtrack,
+realized a serious mistake was made and decided to backtrack,
resulting in a situation like:
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