Re: [PATCH 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they

On 6/7/2021 2:56 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

To futher justify singular "they" as an acceptable grammatical concept,
I include the careful research of brian m. carlson who collected their
thoughts on this matter [2] (lightly edited):

The use of "their" here I found going overboard, given that (1) it
is outside the topic of this change, where you are not referring to
a non-specific person, and (2) as Brian's siglines indicate, the
preferred pronouns for the particular person you are referring to is
"he/him or they/them".

I'll admit that I was trying to be instructive in my commit message
whenever possible, so specifically chose that option among brian's
preferred pronouns. If I misinterpreted the purpose of "he/him or
they/them" then I will absolutely change this instance.

For my part, I did run this message by brian before sending the patch,
to be sure that my use of the quote was appropriate. (Also, I'm
purposefully lower-casing "brian m. carlson" to match chosen email
signatures, but perhaps that is also incorrect?)

Thanks,
-Stolee