Re: [PATCH v2] Fix various typos and grammaros

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ For example, if we want a password for
 `https://example.com/foo.git`, we might generate the following
 credential description (don't forget the blank line at the end; it
 tells `git credential` that the application finished feeding all the
-infomation it has):
+information it has):
 
 	 protocol=https
 	 host=example.com

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ begins with `ext::`.  Examples:
 	edit .ssh/config.
 
 "ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo"::
-	Represents repository with path /somerepo accessable over
+	Represents repository with path /somerepo accessible over
 	git protocol at abstract namespace address /git-server.
 
 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo"::

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ first have already been pushed into SVN.
 	patch), "all" (accept all patches), or "quit".
 	+
 	'git svn dcommit' returns immediately if answer if "no" or "quit", without
-	commiting anything to SVN.
+	committing anything to SVN.
 
 'branch'::
 	Create a branch in the SVN repository.

@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ HANDLING OF SVN BRANCHES
 ------------------------
 If 'git svn' is configured to fetch branches (and --follow-branches
 is in effect), it sometimes creates multiple Git branches for one
-SVN branch, where the addtional branches have names of the form
+SVN branch, where the additional branches have names of the form
 'branchname@nnn' (with nnn an SVN revision number).  These additional
 branches are created if 'git svn' cannot find a parent commit for the
 first commit in an SVN branch, to connect the branch to the history of

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Others
 
    - *git.el* (contrib/)
 
-   This is an Emacs interface for Git. The user interface is modeled on
+   This is an Emacs interface for Git. The user interface is modelled on
    pcl-cvs. It has been developed on Emacs 21 and will probably need some
    tweaking to work on XEmacs.
 

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ when you run `git cherry-pick`.
 +
 Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from
 the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file.
-While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is prefered as
+While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is preferred as
 some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8.
 
 '<refname>@\{<date>\}', e.g. 'master@\{yesterday\}', 'HEAD@\{5 minutes ago\}'::

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Functions
 	initial, empty state.
 
 `argv_array_detach`::
-	Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transfering
+	Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transferring
 	ownership of the allocated array and strings.
 
 `argv_array_free_detached`::

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int foo_login(struct foo_connection *f)
 		break;
 	default:
 		/*
-		 * Some other error occured. We don't know if the
+		 * Some other error occurred. We don't know if the
 		 * credential is good or bad, so report nothing to the
 		 * credential subsystem.
 		 */

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Iteration functions
 * `head_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_ref_submodule()`,
   `for_each_ref_in_submodule()`, `for_each_tag_ref_submodule()`,
   `for_each_branch_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_remote_ref_submodule()`
-  do the same as the functions descibed above but for a specified
+  do the same as the functions described above but for a specified
   submodule.
 
 * `for_each_rawref()` can be used to learn about broken ref and symref.

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ for gitweb (in gitweb/README), and gitweb.conf(5) manpage.
   through the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environment variable.
 
   Note that if per-instance configuration file exists, then system-wide
-  configuration is _not used at all_.  This is quite untypical and suprising
+  configuration is _not used at all_.  This is quite untypical and surprising
   behavior.  On the other hand changing current behavior would break backwards
   compatibility and can lead to unexpected changes in gitweb behavior.
   Therefore gitweb also looks for common system-wide configuration file,

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Shell:
 
        # To interpolate variables:
        details="oh noes"
-       eval_gettext "An error occured: \$details"; echo
+       eval_gettext "An error occurred: \$details"; echo
 
    In addition we have wrappers for messages that end with a trailing
    newline. I.e. you could write the above as:

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Shell:
 
        # To interpolate variables:
        details="oh noes"
-       eval_gettextln "An error occured: \$details"
+       eval_gettextln "An error occurred: \$details"
 
    More documentation about the interface is available in the GNU info
    page: `info '(gettext)sh'`. Looking at git-am.sh (the first shell

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Perl:
 
        use Git::I18N;
        print __("Welcome to Git!\n");
-       printf __("The following error occured: %s\n"), $error;
+       printf __("The following error occurred: %s\n"), $error;
 
    Run `perldoc perl/Git/I18N.pm` for more info.
 

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 use constant SLASH_REPLACEMENT => "%2F";
 
 # It's not always possible to delete pages (may require some
-# priviledges). Deleted pages are replaced with this content.
+# privileges). Deleted pages are replaced with this content.
 use constant DELETED_CONTENT => "[[Category:Deleted]]\n";
 
 # It's not possible to create empty pages. New empty files in Git are

@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ sub mw_import_ref {
 	if ($fetch_from == 1 && $n == 0) {
 		print STDERR "You appear to have cloned an empty MediaWiki.\n";
 		# Something has to be done remote-helper side. If nothing is done, an error is
-		# thrown saying that HEAD is refering to unknown object 0000000000000000000
+		# thrown saying that HEAD is referring to unknown object 0000000000000000000
 		# and the clone fails.
 	}
 }

@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ sub mw_push_file {
 		my $file_content;
 		if ($page_deleted) {
 			# Deleting a page usually requires
-			# special priviledges. A common
+			# special privileges. A common
 			# convention is to replace the page
 			# with this content instead:
 			$file_content = DELETED_CONTENT;

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Principles and Technical Choices
 
 The test environment makes it easy to install and manipulate one or
 several MediaWiki instances. To allow developers to run the testsuite
-easily, the environment does not require root priviledge (except to
+easily, the environment does not require root privilege (except to
 install the required packages if needed). It starts a webserver
 instance on the user's account (using lighttpd greatly helps for
 that), and does not need a separate database daemon (thanks to the use

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ parameters, please refer to the `test-gitmw-lib.sh` and
 
 ** `test_check_wiki_precond`:
 Check if the tests must be skipped or not. Please use this function
-at the beggining of each new test file.
+at the beginning of each new test file.
 
 ** `wiki_getpage`:
 Fetch a given page from the wiki and puts its content in the

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Tests if a given page exists on the wiki.
 
 ** `wiki_reset`:
 Reset the wiki, i.e. flush the database. Use this function at the
-begining of each new test, except if the test re-uses the same wiki
+beginning of each new test, except if the test re-uses the same wiki
 (and history) as the previous test.
 
 How to write a new test

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ $wgShellLocale = "en_US.utf8";
 
 ## Set $wgCacheDirectory to a writable directory on the web server
 ## to make your wiki go slightly faster. The directory should not
-## be publically accessible from the web.
+## be publicly accessible from the web.
 #$wgCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache";
 
 # Site language code, should be one of the list in ./languages/Names.php

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ test_expect_success 'character $ in file name (git -> mw) ' '
 '
 
 
-test_expect_failure 'capital at the begining of file names' '
+test_expect_failure 'capital at the beginning of file names' '
 	wiki_reset &&
 	git clone mediawiki::'"$WIKI_URL"' mw_dir_10 &&
 	(

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'capital at the begining of file names' '
 '
 
 
-test_expect_failure 'special character at the begining of file name from mw to git' '
+test_expect_failure 'special character at the beginning of file name from mw to git' '
 	wiki_reset &&
 	git clone mediawiki::'"$WIKI_URL"' mw_dir_11 &&
 	wiki_editpage {char_1 "expect to be renamed {char_1" false &&

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ test_expect_success 'Push page with title containing ":" other than namespace se
 	wiki_page_exist NotANameSpace:Page
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'test of correct formating for file name from mw to git' '
+test_expect_success 'test of correct formatting for file name from mw to git' '
 	wiki_reset &&
 	git clone mediawiki::'"$WIKI_URL"' mw_dir_12 &&
 	wiki_editpage char_%_7b_1 "expect to be renamed char{_1" false &&

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ test_expect_success 'test of correct formating for file name from mw to git' '
 '
 
 
-test_expect_failure 'test of correct formating for file name begining with special character' '
+test_expect_failure 'test of correct formatting for file name beginning with special character' '
 	wiki_reset &&
 	git clone mediawiki::'"$WIKI_URL"' mw_dir_13 &&
 	(

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'test of correct formating for file name begining with speci
 		echo "my new file {char_1" >\{char_1.mw &&
 		echo "my new file [char_2" >\[char_2.mw &&
 		git add . &&
-		git commit -am "commiting some exotic file name..." &&
+		git commit -am "committing some exotic file name..." &&
 		git push &&
 		git pull
 	) &&

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'test of correct formating for file name begining with speci
 '
 
 
-test_expect_success 'test of correct formating for file name from git to mw' '
+test_expect_success 'test of correct formatting for file name from git to mw' '
 	wiki_reset &&
 	git clone mediawiki::'"$WIKI_URL"' mw_dir_14 &&
 	(

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ test_expect_success 'test of correct formating for file name from git to mw' '
 		echo "my new file char{_1" >Char\{_1.mw &&
 		echo "my new file char[_2" >Char\[_2.mw &&
 		git add . &&
-		git commit -m "commiting some exotic file name..." &&
+		git commit -m "committing some exotic file name..." &&
 		git push
 	) &&
 	wiki_getallpage ref_page_14 &&

@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add main-sub5' '
 test_expect_success 'split for main-sub5 without --onto' '
         # also test that we still can split out an entirely new subtree
         # if the parent of the first commit in the tree is not empty,
-        # then the new subtree has accidently been attached to something
+        # then the new subtree has accidentally been attached to something
         git subtree split --prefix subdir2 --branch mainsub5 &&
         check_equal ''"$(git log --pretty=format:%P -1 mainsub5)"'' ""
 '

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define __BPTR_ALIGN(B, P, A) ((B) + (((P) - (B) + (A)) & ~(A)))
 
-/* Similiar to _BPTR_ALIGN (B, P, A), except optimize the common case
+/* Similar to _BPTR_ALIGN (B, P, A), except optimize the common case
    where pointers can be converted to integers, aligned as integers,
    and converted back again.  If PTR_INT_TYPE is narrower than a
    pointer (e.g., the AS/400), play it safe and compute the alignment

@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ peek_token_bracket (re_token_t *token, re_string_t *input, reg_syntax_t syntax)
 
 /* Entry point of the parser.
    Parse the regular expression REGEXP and return the structure tree.
-   If an error is occured, ERR is set by error code, and return NULL.
+   If an error has occurred, ERR is set by error code, and return NULL.
    This function build the following tree, from regular expression <reg_exp>:
 	   CAT
 	   / \

@@ -3715,7 +3715,7 @@ build_charclass_op (re_dfa_t *dfa, RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE trans,
 /* This is intended for the expressions like "a{1,3}".
    Fetch a number from `input', and return the number.
    Return -1, if the number field is empty like "{,1}".
-   Return -2, If an error is occured.  */
+   Return -2, if an error has occurred.  */
 
 static int
 fetch_number (re_string_t *input, re_token_t *token, reg_syntax_t syntax)

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
-/* Make sure noone compiles this code with a C++ compiler.  */
+/* Make sure no one compiles this code with a C++ compiler.  */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 # error "This is C code, use a C compiler"
 #endif

@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ re_node_set_merge (re_node_set *dest, const re_node_set *src)
 
 /* Insert the new element ELEM to the re_node_set* SET.
    SET should not already have ELEM.
-   return -1 if an error is occured, return 1 otherwise.  */
+   return -1 if an error has occurred, return 1 otherwise.  */
 
 static int
 internal_function

@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ re_node_set_insert (re_node_set *set, int elem)
 
 /* Insert the new element ELEM to the re_node_set* SET.
    SET should not already have any element greater than or equal to ELEM.
-   Return -1 if an error is occured, return 1 otherwise.  */
+   Return -1 if an error has occurred, return 1 otherwise.  */
 
 static int
 internal_function

@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ re_node_set_remove_at (re_node_set *set, int idx)
 

 
 /* Add the token TOKEN to dfa->nodes, and return the index of the token.
-   Or return -1, if an error will be occured.  */
+   Or return -1, if an error has occurred.  */
 
 static int
 internal_function

@@ -4778,7 +4778,7 @@ void* dlmalloc(size_t bytes) {
 
 void dlfree(void* mem) {
   /*
-     Consolidate freed chunks with preceeding or succeeding bordering
+     Consolidate freed chunks with preceding or succeeding bordering
      free chunks, if they exist, and then place in a bin.  Intermixed
      with special cases for top, dv, mmapped chunks, and usage errors.
   */

@@ -5680,10 +5680,10 @@ History:
 	Wolfram Gloger (Gloger@lrz.uni-muenchen.de).
       * Use last_remainder in more cases.
       * Pack bins using idea from  colin@nyx10.cs.du.edu
-      * Use ordered bins instead of best-fit threshhold
+      * Use ordered bins instead of best-fit threshold
       * Eliminate block-local decls to simplify tracing and debugging.
       * Support another case of realloc via move into top
-      * Fix error occuring when initial sbrk_base not word-aligned.
+      * Fix error occurring when initial sbrk_base not word-aligned.
       * Rely on page size for units instead of SBRK_UNIT to
 	avoid surprises about sbrk alignment conventions.
       * Add mallinfo, mallopt. Thanks to Raymond Nijssen

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct dirent_prec_psx *precompose_utf8_readdir(PREC_DIR *prec_dir)
 			if (prec_dir->ic_precompose == (iconv_t)-1) {
 				die("iconv_open(%s,%s) failed, but needed:\n"
 						"    precomposed unicode is not supported.\n"
-						"    If you wnat to use decomposed unicode, run\n"
+						"    If you want to use decomposed unicode, run\n"
 						"    \"git config core.precomposeunicode false\"\n",
 						repo_encoding, path_encoding);
 			} else {

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    The author may be reached (Email) at the address mike@ai.mit.edu,
    or (US mail) as Mike Haertel c/o Free Software Foundation. */
 
-/* The algorithm implemented by these routines bears a startling resemblence
+/* The algorithm implemented by these routines bears a startling resemblance
    to one discovered by Beate Commentz-Walter, although it is not identical.
    See "A String Matching Algorithm Fast on the Average," Technical Report,
    IBM-Germany, Scientific Center Heidelberg, Tiergartenstrasse 15, D-6900

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ kwsprep (kwset_t kws)
 	  /* Update the delta table for the descendents of this node. */
 	  treedelta(curr->links, curr->depth, delta);
 
-	  /* Compute the failure function for the decendents of this node. */
+	  /* Compute the failure function for the descendants of this node. */
 	  treefails(curr->links, curr->fail, kwset->trie);
 
 	  /* Update the shifts at each node in the current node's chain

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class blame {
 
 image create photo ::blame::img_back_arrow -data {R0lGODlhGAAYAIUAAPwCBEzKXFTSZIz+nGzmhGzqfGTidIT+nEzGXHTqhGzmfGzifFzadETCVES+VARWDFzWbHzyjAReDGTadFTOZDSyRDyyTCymPARaFGTedFzSbDy2TCyqRCyqPARaDAyCHES6VDy6VCyiPAR6HCSeNByWLARyFARiDARqFGTifARiFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAYABgAAAajQIBwSCwaj8ikcsk0BppJwRPqHEypQwHBis0WDAdEFyBIKBaMAKLBdjQeSkFBYTBAIvgEoS6JmhUTEwIUDQ4VFhcMGEhyCgoZExoUaxsWHB0THkgfAXUGAhoBDSAVFR0XBnCbDRmgog0hpSIiDJpJIyEQhBUcJCIlwA22SSYVogknEg8eD82qSigdDSknY0IqJQXPYxIl1dZCGNvWw+Dm510GQQAh/mhDcmVhdGVkIGJ5IEJNUFRvR0lGIFBybyB2ZXJzaW9uIDIuNQ0KqSBEZXZlbENvciAxOTk3LDE5OTguIEFsbCByaWdodHMgcmVzZXJ2ZWQuDQpodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRldmVsY29yLmNvbQA7}
 
-# Persistant data (survives loads)
+# Persistent data (survives loads)
 #
 field history {}; # viewer history: {commit path}
 field header    ; # array commit,key -> header field

@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ proc revert_helper {txt paths} {
 	# such distinction is needed in some languages. Previously, the
 	# code used "Revert changes in" for both, but that can't work
 	# in languages where 'in' must be combined with word from
-	# rest of string (in diffrent way for both cases of course).
+	# rest of string (in different way for both cases of course).
 	#
 	# FIXME: Unfortunately, even that isn't enough in some languages
 	# as they have quite complex plural-form rules. Unfortunately,

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ field w_menu      ; # context menu for the widget
 field s_menuidx 0 ; # last index of insertion into $w_menu
 
 field s_i           {} ; # timer registration for _run callbacks
-field s_clear        0 ; # did we erase mispelled tags yet?
+field s_clear        0 ; # did we erase misspelled tags yet?
 field s_seen    [list] ; # lines last seen from $w_text in _run
 field s_checked [list] ; # lines already checked
 field s_pending [list] ; # [$line $data] sent to ispell/aspell

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ method _run {} {
 		if {$n == $cur_line
 		 && ![regexp {^\W$} [$w_text get $cur_pos insert]]} {
 
-			# If the current word is mispelled remove the tag
+			# If the current word is misspelled remove the tag
 			# but force a spellcheck later.
 			#
 			set tags [$w_text tag names $cur_pos]

@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ static int parse_binary(char *buffer, unsigned long size, struct patch *patch)
 }
 
 /*
- * Read the patch text in "buffer" taht extends for "size" bytes; stop
+ * Read the patch text in "buffer" that extends for "size" bytes; stop
  * reading after seeing a single patch (i.e. changes to a single file).
  * Create fragments (i.e. patch hunks) and hang them to the given patch.
  * Return the number of bytes consumed, so that the caller can call us

@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ static struct patch *in_fn_table(const char *name)
  *
  * The latter is needed to deal with a case where two paths A and B
  * are swapped by first renaming A to B and then renaming B to A;
- * moving A to B should not be prevented due to presense of B as we
+ * moving A to B should not be prevented due to presence of B as we
  * will remove it in a later patch.
  */
 #define PATH_TO_BE_DELETED ((struct patch *) -2)

@@ -3509,7 +3509,7 @@ static int check_patch(struct patch *patch)
 	 *
 	 * A patch to swap-rename between A and B would first rename A
 	 * to B and then rename B to A.  While applying the first one,
-	 * the presense of B should not stop A from getting renamed to
+	 * the presence of B should not stop A from getting renamed to
 	 * B; ask to_be_deleted() about the later rename.  Removal of
 	 * B and rename from A to B is handled the same way by asking
 	 * was_deleted().

@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two,
 }
 
 /*
- * Is "commit" a decendant of one of the elements on the "with_commit" list?
+ * Is "commit" a descendant of one of the elements on the "with_commit" list?
  */
 int is_descendant_of(struct commit *commit, struct commit_list *with_commit)
 {

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *r
 extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases_many(struct commit *one, int n, struct commit **twos, int cleanup);
 extern struct commit_list *get_octopus_merge_bases(struct commit_list *in);
 
-/* largest postive number a signed 32-bit integer can contain */
+/* largest positive number a signed 32-bit integer can contain */
 #define INFINITE_DEPTH 0x7fffffff
 
 extern int register_shallow(const unsigned char *sha1);

@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	 * Binary files are displayed with "Bin XXX -> YYY bytes"
 	 * instead of the change count and graph. This part is treated
 	 * similarly to the graph part, except that it is not
-	 * "scaled". If total width is too small to accomodate the
+	 * "scaled". If total width is too small to accommodate the
 	 * guaranteed minimum width of the filename part and the
 	 * separators and this message, this message will "overflow"
 	 * making the line longer than the maximum width.

@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ sub summarize_hunk {
 
 
 # Print a one-line summary of each hunk in the array ref in
-# the first argument, starting wih the index in the 2nd.
+# the first argument, starting with the index in the 2nd.
 sub display_hunks {
 	my ($hunks, $i) = @_;
 	my $ctr = 0;

@@ -2911,7 +2911,7 @@ sub filenamesplit
 }
 
 # Cleanup various junk in filename (try to canonicalize it), and
-# add prependdir to accomodate running CVS client from a
+# add prependdir to accommodate running CVS client from a
 # subdirectory (so the output is relative to top directory of the project).
 sub filecleanup
 {

@@ -4583,7 +4583,7 @@ sub getmeta
     #     the numerical value of the corresponding byte plus
     #     100.
     #      - "plus 100" avoids "0"s, and also reduces the
-    #        likelyhood of a collision in the case that someone someday
+    #        likelihood of a collision in the case that someone someday
     #        writes an import tool that tries to preserve original
     #        CVS revision numbers, and the original CVS data had done
     #        lots of branches off of branches and other strangeness to

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ tmp_patch="$tmp_dir/patch"
 tmp_info="$tmp_dir/info"
 
 
-# Find the intial commit
+# Find the initial commit
 commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 mkdir $tmp_dir || exit 2

@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ sub evaluate_gitweb_config {
 	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++";
 	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++";
 
-	# Protect agains duplications of file names, to not read config twice.
+	# Protect against duplications of file names, to not read config twice.
 	# Only one of $GITWEB_CONFIG and $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is used, so
 	# there possibility of duplication of filename there doesn't matter.
 	$GITWEB_CONFIG = ""        if ($GITWEB_CONFIG eq $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON);

@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ sub handle_errors_html {
 
 	# to avoid infinite loop where error occurs in die_error,
 	# change handler to default handler, disabling handle_errors_html
-	set_message("Error occured when inside die_error:\n$msg");
+	set_message("Error occurred when inside die_error:\n$msg");
 
 	# you cannot jump out of die_error when called as error handler;
 	# the subroutine set via CGI::Carp::set_message is called _after_

@@ -7485,7 +7485,7 @@ sub git_object {
 		system(git_cmd(), "cat-file", '-e', $hash_base) == 0
 			or die_error(404, "Base object does not exist");
 
-		# here errors should not hapen
+		# here errors should not happen
 		open my $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "ls-tree", $hash_base, "--", $file_name
 			or die_error(500, "Open git-ls-tree failed");
 		my $line = <$fd>;

@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ my (%TEMP_FILEMAP, %TEMP_FILES);
 
 =item temp_acquire ( NAME )
 
-Attempts to retreive the temporary file mapped to the string C<NAME>. If an
+Attempts to retrieve the temporary file mapped to the string C<NAME>. If an
 associated temp file has not been created this session or was closed, it is
 created, cached, and set for autoflush and binmode.
 

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Git::I18N - Perl interface to Git's Gettext localizations
 
 	print __("Welcome to Git!\n");
 
-	printf __("The following error occured: %s\n"), $error;
+	printf __("The following error occurred: %s\n"), $error;
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 

@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ is a numeric value. These values are what will be returned by the
 overload methods.
 
 If the text value ends with C<at file line 1> as $@ strings do, then
-this infomation will be used to set the C<-file> and C<-line> arguments
+this information will be used to set the C<-file> and C<-line> arguments
 of the error object.
 
 This class is used internally if an eval'd block die's with an error

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void print_advice(int show_hint, struct replay_opts *opts)
 	if (msg) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
 		/*
-		 * A conflict has occured but the porcelain
+		 * A conflict has occurred but the porcelain
 		 * (typically rebase --interactive) wants to take care
 		 * of the commit itself so remove CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
 		 */

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ tree_pretty_content="100644 blob $hello_sha1	hello"
 
 run_tests 'tree' $tree_sha1 $tree_size "" "$tree_pretty_content"
 
-commit_message="Intial commit"
+commit_message="Initial commit"
 commit_sha1=$(echo_without_newline "$commit_message" | git commit-tree $tree_sha1)
 commit_size=176
 commit_content="tree $tree_sha1

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'split hunk "add -p (edit)"' '
 	# times to get out.
 	#
 	# 2. Correct version applies the (not)edited version, and asks
-	#    about the next hunk, against wich we say q and program
+	#    about the next hunk, against which we say q and program
 	#    exits.
 	for a in s e     q n q q
 	do

@@ -742,21 +742,21 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --signature --cover-letter' '
 	test 2 = $(grep "my sig" output | wc -l)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'format.signature="" supresses signatures' '
+test_expect_success 'format.signature="" suppresses signatures' '
 	git config format.signature "" &&
 	git format-patch --stdout -1 >output &&
 	check_patch output &&
 	! grep "^-- \$" output
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'format-patch --no-signature supresses signatures' '
+test_expect_success 'format-patch --no-signature suppresses signatures' '
 	git config --unset-all format.signature &&
 	git format-patch --stdout --no-signature -1 >output &&
 	check_patch output &&
 	! grep "^-- \$" output
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'format-patch --signature="" supresses signatures' '
+test_expect_success 'format-patch --signature="" suppresses signatures' '
 	git format-patch --stdout --signature="" -1 >output &&
 	check_patch output &&
 	! grep "^-- \$" output

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test_fix () {
 	# find touched lines
 	$DIFF file target | sed -n -e "s/^> //p" >fixed
 
-	# the changed lines are all expeced to change
+	# the changed lines are all expected to change
 	fixed_cnt=$(wc -l <fixed)
 	case "$1" in
 	'') expect_cnt=$fixed_cnt ;;

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ test_expect_success 'bisect start: no ".git/BISECT_START" if checkout error' '
 # $HASH1 is good, $HASH4 is bad, we skip $HASH3
 # but $HASH2 is bad,
 # so we should find $HASH2 as the first bad commit
-test_expect_success 'bisect skip: successfull result' '
+test_expect_success 'bisect skip: successful result' '
 	git bisect reset &&
 	git bisect start $HASH4 $HASH1 &&
 	git bisect skip &&

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup conflicted merge' '
 '
 
 # First do the merge with resolve and recursive then verify that
-# recusive is choosen.
+# recusive is chosen.
 
 test_expect_success 'merge picks up the best result' '
 	git config --unset-all pull.twohead &&

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ test_expect_success 'mergetool takes partial path' '
     git submodule update -N &&
     test_must_fail git merge master &&
 
-    #shouldnt need these lines
+    #should not need these lines
     #( yes "d" | git mergetool file11 >/dev/null 2>&1 ) &&
     #( yes "d" | git mergetool file12 >/dev/null 2>&1 ) &&
     #( yes "l" | git mergetool submod >/dev/null 2>&1 ) &&

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ \
 
 test_expect_success $PREREQ 'Send patches with --envelope-sender' '
     clean_fake_sendmail &&
-     git send-email --envelope-sender="Patch Contributer <patch@example.com>" --suppress-cc=sob --from="Example <nobody@example.com>" --to=nobody@example.com --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" $patches 2>errors
+     git send-email --envelope-sender="Patch Contributor <patch@example.com>" --suppress-cc=sob --from="Example <nobody@example.com>" --to=nobody@example.com --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" $patches 2>errors
 '
 
 test_expect_success $PREREQ 'setup expect' '

@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ 'confirm detects EOF (auto causes failure)' '
 	test $ret = "0"
 '
 
-test_expect_success $PREREQ 'confirm doesnt loop forever' '
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'confirm does not loop forever' '
 	CONFIRM=$(git config --get sendemail.confirm) &&
 	git config sendemail.confirm auto &&
 	GIT_SEND_EMAIL_NOTTY=1 &&

@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ struct unidirectional_transfer {
 	int src_is_sock;
 	/* Is destination socket? */
 	int dest_is_sock;
-	/* Transfer state (TRANSFERING/FLUSHING/FINISHED) */
+	/* Transfer state (TRANSFERRING/FLUSHING/FINISHED) */
 	int state;
 	/* Buffer. */
 	char buf[BUFFERSIZE];

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct transport {
 		       const char *executable, int fd[2]);
 
 	/** get_refs_list(), fetch(), and push_refs() can keep
-	 * resources (such as a connection) reserved for futher
+	 * resources (such as a connection) reserved for further
 	 * use. disconnect() releases these resources.
 	 **/
 	int (*disconnect)(struct transport *connection);

@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ int xdl_change_compact(xdfile_t *xdf, xdfile_t *xdfo, long flags) {
 
 		/*
 		 * Try to move back the possibly merged group of changes, to match
-		 * the recorded postion in the other file.
+		 * the recorded position in the other file.
 		 */
 		while (ixref < ix) {
 			rchg[--ixs] = 1;

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct histindex {
 	struct record {
 		unsigned int ptr, cnt;
 		struct record *next;
-	} **records, /* an ocurrence */
+	} **records, /* an occurrence */
 	  **line_map; /* map of line to record chain */
 	chastore_t rcha;
 	unsigned int *next_ptrs;