Merge pull request #766 from stepnem/rn121copyedit

rn-121: minor copy edit

Author: chriscool

Diff for: rev_news/drafts/edition-121.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This edition covers what happened during the months of February and March 2025.
     corrections, letting us know about a Git related software release,
     and even sometimes full articles without being part of our editor
     team. Here is the top 12 along with the number of editions they
-    helped us with, according to our "Credit" section, and the number
+    helped us with, according to our "Credits" section, and the number
     of commits they contributed:
 
     - Johannes Schindelin: 29 editions and 71 commits
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ This edition covers what happened during the months of February and March 2025.
     - Matthieu Moy: 3
     - Jacob Keller: 2
 
-    While the following people wrote one article each:
+    The following people wrote one article each:
 
     Andrew Ardill, Elijah Newren, Eric S. Raymond, Eric Sunshine,
     Jiang Xin, Lars Schneider.
 
-    An article was also written collaboratively by the following
+    One article was also written collaboratively by the following
     students:
 
     François Beutin, Jordan De Gea, William Duclot, Samuel Groot,
@@ -121,26 +121,26 @@ This edition covers what happened during the months of February and March 2025.
     - 2019: 1 article
     - 2020: 3 articles
 
-  + There were 2298 entries in "Other News" section,
+  + There were 2298 entries in the "Other News" section,
     which gathers links to various news, articles, sites, tools,
     and sometimes media about Git (or related to Git).
 
     Those entries include:
 
     - 1090 entries in "Light reading" over 114 editions
-      with 1777 links; around 13.76% of entries mentions previous edition.
+      with 1777 links; around 13.76% of entries mention previous editions.
     - 691 entries in "Git tools and sites" over 118 editions
-      with 1270 links; around 11.72% of entries mentions previous edition.
+      with 1270 links; around 11.72% of entries mention previous editions.
     - 411 entries in "Various" over 110 editions
-      with 635 links; around 7.06% of entries mentions previous edition.
+      with 635 links; around 7.06% of entries mention previous editions.
     - 20 entries in "Events" over 12 editions
       with 39 links
     - 15 entries in "Light reading" over 12 editions
-      with 31 links; of those, 3 entries mentions previous edition.
+      with 31 links; of those, 3 entries mention previous editions.
 
     There were quite a few one-off names of sub-lists, like
     "Slightly heavier reading", "April Fool's", "Listening and watching".
-    The template with standarized names was not present at 1st edition,
+    The template with standardized names was not present in the 1st edition,
     but was created later.
 
 
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ This edition covers what happened during the months of February and March 2025.
 __Various__
 
 + [What's new in Git 2.49.0?](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2025/03/14/whats-new-in-git-2-49-0/)
-  by Toon Claes on GitLab Blog.  This blog post mentions, among others,
+  by Toon Claes on GitLab Blog.  This blog post mentions, among other things,
   improved performance thanks to zlib-ng, a new name-hashing algorithm, and git-backfill.
 + [Highlights from Git 2.49](https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-49/)
-  by Taylor Blau on GitHub Blog.  This posts mentions, among others, faster packing with name-hash v2,
+  by Taylor Blau on GitHub Blog.  Mentioned items include faster packing with name-hash v2,
   backfilling historical blobs in partial clones, building Git with zlib-ng,
   and libgit-sys and libgit Rust crates.
 
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ __Light reading__
   described in David Thompson's [“My favourite Git commit”](https://dhwthompson.com/2019/my-favourite-git-commit) - which
   was mentioned in [Git Rev News Edition #57](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2019/11/20/edition-57/)
   and [#108](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2024/02/29/edition-108/).
-    + The article mentions [How to Write Useful Commit Messages](https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/commit-messages/)
-      guide by Michael Lynch, one of available sample chapters in
-      _"Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developers"_ book (in writing).
+    + The article mentions the [How to Write Useful Commit Messages](https://refactoringenglish.com/chapters/commit-messages/)
+      guide by Michael Lynch, one of the sample chapters for his prospective book,
+      _"Refactoring English: Effective writing for software developers"_.
     + Another post by Michael Lunch, [How to Make Your Code Reviewer Fall in Love with You](https://mtlynch.io/code-review-love/),
       was mentioned in [Git Rev News Edition #70](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2020/12/26/edition-70/).
 + [19000 curl commits](https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/03/14/19000-curl-commits/)
-  by Daniel Stenberg on on his blog, presenting some statistics about those commits.
+  by Daniel Stenberg on his blog, presenting some statistics about those commits.
 + [Why fastDOOM is fast](https://fabiensanglard.net/fastdoom/index.html)
   by Fabien Sanglard, examines FastDOOM performance evolution over time,
   doing some nice Git archeology.
@@ -268,19 +268,21 @@ __Light reading__
   The blog post shows how to use `git bisect` on a detailed example (in Perl).
 + [Python monorepo with uv and pex](https://chrismati.cz/posts/uv-pex-monorepo/)
   by Christoph Pröschel on his blog.  The solution of using regular Python tooling
-  over, for example, [Pants](https://www.pantsbuild.org/) build tool,
+  over, for example, the [Pants](https://www.pantsbuild.org/) build tool,
   because it was easier to justify its adoption for the rest of the team.
-    + You can find definition of monorepo and list of various tools on [Monorepo.tools](https://monorepo.tools/) site,
+    + You can find a definition of "monorepo" and a list of various tools on the [Monorepo.tools](https://monorepo.tools/) site,
       which was first mentioned in [Git Rev News Edition #84](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2022/02/28/edition-84/).
 + [TIL: Hugo's GitInfo](https://blog.erethon.com/log/2025-03-03-hugo-git-info/)
-  by Dionysis Grigoropoulos, how [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) static site generator in Go
-  has the [GitInfo](https://gohugo.io/methods/page/gitinfo/) method.
+  by Dionysis Grigoropoulos, about the [GitInfo](https://gohugo.io/methods/page/gitinfo/) method
+  of [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), the static site generator
+  in Go. The method returns Git information related to the
+  last commit of the given page.
 + [GitHub meets GitLab](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/github-meets-gitlab/)
   by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) on The Weekly Challenge blog,
-  about difference in terms used by GitHub and used by GitLab
+  about the terminology differences between GitHub and GitLab
   (part of the learning process to pick up GitLab).
 + [Comparing Git Mirror Options](https://www.lloydatkinson.net/posts/2025/comparing-git-mirror-options/):
-  by Lloyd Atkinson on own blog.
+  by Lloyd Atkinson on his blog.
   The tools considered include gitweb, cgit, and Forgejo;
   the last option (Forgejo) was ultimately selected.
 + [Migrating git.adyxax.org from gitolite and cgit to Forgejo](https://www.adyxax.org/blog/2025/03/25/migrating-git.adyxax.org-from-gitolite-and-cgit-to-forgejo/):
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ __Light reading__
   by John Wq on [runtimeerror] blog.
 + [WSL SSH agent and Git](https://www.patriktrefil.com/posts/wsl_ssh_agent_and_git/)
   by Patrik Trefil (2024) on his blog.
-  This article describes how you can say avoid the hassle of copying and pasting your SSH passphrase
+  This article describes how you can avoid the hassle of copying and pasting your SSH passphrase
   every time you want to connect to a machine via ssh.
 + [Accessing git Servers Over Another Port When 22 is Blocked and Cloning Hangs Waiting for Connection](https://jdsalaro.com/howto/fix-git-hang-connection-blocked-port-22-github-gitlab-bitbucket/)
   by Jayson Salazar Rodriguez (2024) on his site.
@@ -318,25 +320,25 @@ __Light reading__
 + [Git aliases supporting main and master: How to make your aliases agnostic to the default branch](https://phili.pe/posts/git-aliases-supporting-main-and-master/)
   by Philipe Fatio (2022) on his blog.
 + [Keeping ‘live‘ dotfiles in a Git repo](https://probablerobot.net/2021/05/keeping-'live'-dotfiles-in-a-git-repo/)
-  by creating (git-dir) directory named `.dotfiles/` rather than `.git/` via `--git-dir` Git wrapper option.
+  by creating a repository directory named `.dotfiles/` rather than `.git/` via the `--git-dir` Git wrapper option.
   From <https://probablerobot.net/> (2021).
 + [On mainline merges and fast forwards](https://vcscompare.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-mainline-merges-and-fast-forwards.html)
-  by aoeuo (2008) on Blogger-based DVCS Comparison blog.
+  by aoeuo (2008) on the Blogger-based DVCS Comparison blog.
   Compares Bazaar with Git and Mercurial.
 
 + [GPLv2 is not impressed by git](https://www.thomas-huehn.com/gplv2-is-not-impressed-by-git/)
-  by Thomas Huehn on his Bear-powered blog, short musing about the following phrase from the license:
+  by Thomas Huehn on his Bear-powered blog, a short musing about the following phrase from the license:
   > You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
 + [I found commit 0](https://programming.dev/post/27187038)
-  (or rather commit which SHA-1 identifier begins with 0000000),
-  by Kissaki on programming\.dev Lemmy instance.<br>
-  [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html) is self-hosted, federated social link aggregation and discussion forum,
+  (or rather a commit whose SHA-1 identifier begins with 0000000),
+  by Kissaki on the programming\.dev Lemmy instance.<br>
+  [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html) is a self-hosted, federated social link aggregation and discussion forum,
   somewhat similar to Reddit.
     + Note that there are tools like [git-vain](https://git.anna.lgbt/anna/git-vain)
       and [git-vanity-sha](https://github.com/mattbaker/git-vanity-sha),
       most recently listed in [Git Rev News Edition #103](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2023/09/30/edition-103/),
-      which can be used to make SHA-1 hash of commit start with specific pattern, like `000000`,
-      by manipulating commit date or commit message.
+      which can be used to make the SHA-1 hash of a commit start with a specific pattern, like `000000`,
+      by manipulating the commit date or message.
 
 
 <!---
@@ -347,21 +349,21 @@ __Git tools and sites__
 
 + [git-who](https://github.com/sinclairtarget/git-who) is a command-line tool for finding
   the people responsible for entire components or subsystems in a codebase.
-  You can think of `git-who` sort of like `git blame` but for file trees rather than individual files.
-  Written in Go, under MIT license.
+  You can think of `git-who` as a sort of `git blame` but for file trees rather than individual files.
+  Written in Go under MIT license.
 + [chrondb](https://chrondb.moclojer.com/) ([repo](https://github.com/moclojer/chrondb))
   is a chronological key/value database,
   where storing data is based on database-shaped `git` (core) architecture and Lucene for indexing.
   Written in Clojure, uses MIT license.
 + [Calendar.txt](https://terokarvinen.com/2021/calendar-txt/) is a solution
   to keep your calendar in a plain text file.
-  One of it's advantages is that it is versionable: because it's plain text, you can keep it in git.
-  You can also easily take diff of calendar files, as it's one day one line.
+  One of its advantages is that it is versionable: because it's plain text, you can keep it in Git.
+  You can also easily take diffs of calendar files, as it's one day one line.
     + See also [Todo.txt](http://todotxt.org/) to keep your TODO list in a plain text file,
       and tools like [Taskwarrior](https://taskwarrior.org/), and
       [Plain Text Accounting (PTA)](https://plaintextaccounting.org/).
 + [YSK there are open-source (gamified) tutorials to learn git](https://programming.dev/post/26285997)
-  post provides list of some tutorials and interactive learning tools, like
+  provides a list of some tutorials and interactive learning tools, including:
     + [Oh My Git!](https://ohmygit.org/), an open source game about learning Git,
       first mentioned in [Git Rev News Edition #72](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2021/02/27/edition-72/).
     + [Learn Git Branching](http://learngitbranching.js.org/), visual and interactive way to learn Git on the web,
@@ -375,7 +377,7 @@ __Git tools and sites__
       First mentioned in [Git Rev News Edition #7](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2015/09/09/edition-7/)
 + [BeanHub](https://beanhub.io/) is a modern accounting book app
   based on the most popular open source version control system Git
-  and text-based double entry accounting book software [Beancount](https://beancount.github.io/docs/index.html).
+  and the text-based double entry accounting book software [Beancount](https://beancount.github.io/docs/index.html).
   [Mostly open-sourced](https://beanhub.io/open-source/).  See also the following posts by Fang-Pen Lin:
     + [My Beancount books are 95% automatic after 3 years](https://fangpenlin.com/posts/2024/12/30/my-beancount-books-are-95-percent-automatic/).
     + [How BeanHub works part 1: the danger of processing Beancount data with sandbox](https://beanhub.io/blog/2024/04/23/how-beanhub-works-part1-sandboxing/).