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-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt13
-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt10
-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt8
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
index 5bfff59b52..d70bc428d1 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
@@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ Which tickets should be claimed?
Of course, going through the steps of claiming tickets is overkill in some
cases.
-In the case of small changes, such as typos in the documentation or
-small bugs that will only take a few minutes to fix, you don't need to jump
-through the hoops of claiming tickets. Just submit your patch and be done with
-it.
+In the case of small changes, such as typos in the documentation or small bugs
+that will only take a few minutes to fix, you don't need to jump through the
+hoops of claiming tickets. Submit your patch directly and you're done!
Of course, it is *always* acceptable, regardless whether someone has claimed it
or not, to submit patches to a ticket if you happen to have a patch ready.
@@ -145,14 +144,14 @@ Regardless of the way you submit your work, follow these steps.
Non-trivial patches
===================
-A "non-trivial" patch is one that is more than a simple bug fix. It's a patch
+A "non-trivial" patch is one that is more than a small bug fix. It's a patch
that introduces Django functionality and makes some sort of design decision.
If you provide a non-trivial patch, include evidence that alternatives have
been discussed on |django-developers|.
-If you're not sure whether your patch should be considered non-trivial, just
-ask.
+If you're not sure whether your patch should be considered non-trivial, ask on
+the ticket for opinions.
.. _deprecating-a-feature:
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
index 291c50852c..a4c7ea09b0 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ test dependencies. If you don't have an optional dependency installed, the
tests that require it will be skipped.
Running the tests requires a Django settings module that defines the databases
-to use. To make it easy to get started, Django provides and uses a sample
-settings module that uses the SQLite database. See
-:ref:`running-unit-tests-settings` to learn how to use a different settings
-module to run the tests with a different database.
+to use. To help you get started, Django provides and uses a sample settings
+module that uses the SQLite database. See :ref:`running-unit-tests-settings` to
+learn how to use a different settings module to run the tests with a different
+database.
Having problems? See :ref:`troubleshooting-unit-tests` for some common issues.
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ internationalization, type:
How do you find out the names of individual tests? Look in ``tests/`` — each
directory name there is the name of a test.
-If you just want to run a particular class of tests, you can specify a list of
+If you want to run only a particular class of tests, you can specify a list of
paths to individual test classes. For example, to run the ``TranslationTests``
of the ``i18n`` module, type:
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt
index 60ba1345a4..639f7719b8 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ necessary::
Publishing work
---------------
-You can publish your work on GitHub just by doing::
+You can publish your work on GitHub by running::
git push origin ticket_xxxxx
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ the changes::
git push -f origin ticket_xxxxx
Note that this will rewrite history of ticket_xxxxx - if you check the commit
-hashes before and after the operation at GitHub you will notice that the
-commit hashes do not match anymore. This is acceptable, as the branch is merely
-a topic branch, and nobody should be basing their work on it.
+hashes before and after the operation at GitHub you will notice that the commit
+hashes do not match anymore. This is acceptable, as the branch is a topic
+branch, and nobody should be basing their work on it.
After upstream has changed
--------------------------