linux-kernel - Re: Please remove commit 6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e as it makes me feel miserable

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Date:	Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:11:44 -0300
From:	Diego Viola <diego.viola@...il.com>
To:	Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Please remove commit 6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e as
 it makes me feel miserable

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 08:06:02PM -0300, Diego Viola wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can someone please remove this commit from the repo:
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/README?id=6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e
>>
>> I made a huge grammar mistake in my commit message that I can't
>> forget, it makes me feel terrible and I can't stop thinking about it.
>>
>> Please rewrite the history for the README or whatever, but just make
>> this commit go away.
>>
>> It should have been spelled as:
>>
>> "README: GTK+ is an acronym"
>>
>> or
>>
>> "README: GTK+ is an initialism"
>>
>> But saying "a acronym" is just wrong.
>>
>> Thanks and sorry about this mistake, English isn't my native language. :-(
>>
>> Diego
>
> If it is any consolation, almost everybody makes mistakes in commit
> messages.  I certainly do, but fortunately many of mine will never
> be public.  As a native English speaker, 'a acronym' is perfectly
> understandable (but 'an initialism' is slightly odd).  But once it
> is committed and made public, it is done.
>
> The content of your change is correct.  Thanks for fixing it.  In
> future, perhaps do what I try to do - for commit messages themselves,
> review before the next commit, and if necessary git commit --amend.
> For email subjects, try to review before sending (I fail on both of
> these).
>
> What's done is done, and the kernel *is* better for your
> contribution.  It is said that in the early days of the kernel there
> was a war between those who could spell and those who could not.
> Please, don't worry about grammar - as long as the text can be
> understood, there is no problem.
>
> ĸen
> --
> Il Porcupino Nil Sodomy Est! (if you will excuse my latatian)
>   aka "The hedgehog song"
>

Thanks, that made me feel better. I'll be more careful next time. :-)
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