Fix typos / spelling in comments

Signed-off-by: Mike Ralphson <mike@abacus.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin-checkout.c

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
 	/*
 	 * NEEDSWORK:
 	 * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
-	 * and create a phoney cache entry just to leak.  This hack is
+	 * and create a phony cache entry just to leak.  This hack is
 	 * primarily to get to the write_entry() machinery that massages
 	 * the contents to work-tree format and writes out which only
 	 * allows it for a cache entry.  The code in write_entry() needs

builtin-ls-files.c

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
 
-	/* be nice with submodule patsh ending in a slash */
+	/* be nice with submodule paths ending in a slash */
 	read_cache();
 	if (pathspec)
 		strip_trailing_slash_from_submodules();

builtin-pack-objects.c

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static unsigned long write_object(struct sha1file *f,
 				die("unable to read %s", sha1_to_hex(entry->idx.sha1));
 			/*
 			 * make sure no cached delta data remains from a
-			 * previous attempt before a pack split occured.
+			 * previous attempt before a pack split occurred.
 			 */
 			free(entry->delta_data);
 			entry->delta_data = NULL;

builtin-reflog.c

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void mark_reachable(struct commit *commit, unsigned long expire_limit)
 	 * We need to compute if commit on either side of an reflog
 	 * entry is reachable from the tip of the ref for all entries.
 	 * Mark commits that are reachable from the tip down to the
-	 * time threashold first; we know a commit marked thusly is
+	 * time threshold first; we know a commit marked thusly is
 	 * reachable from the tip without running in_merge_bases()
 	 * at all.
 	 */

builtin-reset.c

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		/*
 		 * Otherwise, argv[i] could be either <rev> or <paths> and
-		 * has to be unambigous.
+		 * has to be unambiguous.
 		 */
 		else if (!get_sha1(argv[i], sha1)) {
 			/*

compat/cygwin.c

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int cygwin_stat(const char *path, struct stat *buf)
  * Reading this option is not always possible immediately as git_dir may be
  * not be set yet. So until it is set, use cygwin lstat/stat functions.
  * However, if core.filemode is set, we must use the Cygwin posix
- * stat/lstat as the Windows stat fuctions do not determine posix filemode.
+ * stat/lstat as the Windows stat functions do not determine posix filemode.
  *
  * Note that git_cygwin_config() does NOT call git_default_config() and this
  * is deliberate.  Many commands read from config to establish initial

compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.c

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 # include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 
-/* For platform which support the ISO C amendement 1 functionality we
+/* For platform which support the ISO C amendment 1 functionality we
    support user defined character classes.  */
 #if defined _LIBC || (defined HAVE_WCTYPE_H && defined HAVE_WCHAR_H)
 /* Solaris 2.5 has a bug: <wchar.h> must be included before <wctype.h>.  */
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 # if defined _LIBC || (defined HAVE_WCTYPE_H && defined HAVE_WCHAR_H)
 /* The GNU C library provides support for user-defined character classes
-   and the functions from ISO C amendement 1.  */
+   and the functions from ISO C amendment 1.  */
 #  ifdef CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX
 #   define CHAR_CLASS_MAX_LENGTH CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX
 #  else

compat/mingw.c

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)
 		 * its own input data to become available. But since
 		 * the process (pack-objects) is itself CPU intensive,
 		 * it will happily pick up the time slice that we are
-		 * relinguishing here.
+		 * relinquishing here.
 		 */
 		Sleep(0);
 		goto repeat;

compat/regex/regex.c

@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ regex_compile (pattern, size, syntax, bufp)
      they can be reliably used as array indices.  */
   register unsigned char c, c1;
 
-  /* A random tempory spot in PATTERN.  */
+  /* A random temporary spot in PATTERN.  */
   const char *p1;
 
   /* Points to the end of the buffer, where we should append.  */
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ regex_compile (pattern, size, syntax, bufp)
 		    we're all done, the pattern will look like:
 		      set_number_at <jump count> <upper bound>
 		      set_number_at <succeed_n count> <lower bound>
-		      succeed_n <after jump addr> <succed_n count>
+		      succeed_n <after jump addr> <succeed_n count>
 		      <body of loop>
 		      jump_n <succeed_n addr> <jump count>
 		    (The upper bound and `jump_n' are omitted if

diffcore-rename.c

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int find_identical_files(struct file_similarity *src,
 			int score;
 			struct diff_filespec *source = p->filespec;
 
-			/* False hash collission? */
+			/* False hash collision? */
 			if (hashcmp(source->sha1, target->sha1))
 				continue;
 			/* Non-regular files? If so, the modes must match! */

fast-import.c

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Format of STDIN stream:
     delim lf;
 
      # note: declen indicates the length of binary_data in bytes.
-     # declen does not include the lf preceeding the binary data.
+     # declen does not include the lf preceding the binary data.
      #
   exact_data ::= 'data' sp declen lf
     binary_data;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Format of STDIN stream:
      #
      # In case it is not clear, the '#' that starts the comment
      # must be the first character on that the line (an lf have
-     # preceeded it).
+     # preceded it).
      #
   comment ::= '#' not_lf* lf;
   not_lf  ::= # Any byte that is not ASCII newline (LF);
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static void end_packfile(void)
 		close(pack_data->pack_fd);
 		idx_name = keep_pack(create_index());
 
-		/* Register the packfile with core git's machinary. */
+		/* Register the packfile with core git's machinery. */
 		new_p = add_packed_git(idx_name, strlen(idx_name), 1);
 		if (!new_p)
 			die("core git rejected index %s", idx_name);

fsck.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ int fsck_error_function(struct object *obj, int type, const char *fmt, ...);
  * the return value is:
  *    -1	error in processing the object
  *    <0	return value of the callback, which lead to an abort
- *    >0	return value of the first sigaled error >0 (in the case of no other errors)
+ *    >0	return value of the first signaled error >0 (in the case of no other errors)
  *    0		everything OK
  */
 int fsck_walk(struct object *obj, fsck_walk_func walk, void *data);

git.c

@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	/*
 	 * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher
-	 * precidence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH
+	 * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH
 	 * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build
 	 * time.
 	 */

graph.c

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void graph_padding_line(struct git_graph *graph, struct strbuf *sb);
  * newline.  A new graph line will not be printed after the final newline.
  * If the strbuf is empty, no output will be printed.
  *
- * Since the first line will not include the graph ouput, the caller is
+ * Since the first line will not include the graph output, the caller is
  * responsible for printing this line's graph (perhaps via
  * graph_show_commit() or graph_show_oneline()) before calling
  * graph_show_strbuf().

levenshtein.c

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  * It does so by calculating the costs of the path ending in characters
  * i (in string1) and j (in string2), respectively, given that the last
- * operation is a substition, a swap, a deletion, or an insertion.
+ * operation is a substitution, a swap, a deletion, or an insertion.
  *
  * This implementation allows the costs to be weighted:
  *

parse-options.h

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
  *
  * `argh`::
  *   token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Keep it
- *   homogenous across the repository.
+ *   homogeneous across the repository.
  *
  * `help`::
  *   the short help associated to what the option does.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
  *
  * `flags`::
  *   mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
- *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optionnal (not for BOOLEANs)
+ *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optional (not for BOOLEANs)
  *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument, for CALLBACKs
  *   PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
  *   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN this option is skipped in the default usage, showed in
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct option {
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h), 0, (f) }
 
 /* parse_options() will filter out the processed options and leave the
- * non-option argments in argv[].
+ * non-option arguments in argv[].
  * Returns the number of arguments left in argv[].
  */
 extern int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ extern int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
 extern NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
                                         const struct option *options);
 
-/*----- incremantal advanced APIs -----*/
+/*----- incremental advanced APIs -----*/
 
 enum {
 	PARSE_OPT_HELP = -1,

revision.c

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static struct commit *handle_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct object *object
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Tree object? Either mark it uniniteresting, or add it
+	 * Tree object? Either mark it uninteresting, or add it
 	 * to the list of objects to look at later..
 	 */
 	if (object->type == OBJ_TREE) {

strbuf.h

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *    build complex strings/buffers whose final size isn't easily known.
  *
  *    It is NOT legal to copy the ->buf pointer away.
- *    `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detachs a buffer from its shell
+ *    `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detaches a buffer from its shell
  *    while keeping the shell valid wrt its invariants.
  *
  * 2. the ->buf member is a byte array that has at least ->len + 1 bytes

tree-diff.c

@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void try_to_follow_renames(struct tree_desc *t1, struct tree_desc *t2, co
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Then, discard all the non-relevane file pairs...
+	 * Then, discard all the non-relevant file pairs...
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];

xdiff/xdiffi.c

@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int xdl_change_compact(xdfile_t *xdf, xdfile_t *xdfo, long flags) {
 			/*
 			 * Record the end-of-group position in case we are matched
 			 * with a group of changes in the other file (that is, the
-			 * change record before the enf-of-group index in the other
+			 * change record before the end-of-group index in the other
 			 * file is set).
 			 */
 			ixref = rchgo[ixo - 1] ? ix: nrec;