From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:56:17 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Make it clear that the typo in the first commit message is intentional
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Make it clear that the typo in the first commit message is intentional
---

diff --git a/tour.mdwn b/tour.mdwn
index 7ea810f..d07a469 100644
--- a/tour.mdwn
+++ b/tour.mdwn
@@ -822,6 +822,16 @@ that tell me something that I can’t figure out with a quick glance at
 the output of "git log --stat" or “git log -p", (so repeating the list
 of all modified files is not useful, for example).
 
+To follow along with the example here, go ahead and type something
+like the following sentence into the editor. The misspelling here is
+intentional. You'll see how to fix that up after the fact in just a
+moment:
+
+	Fixed the typo so the program actuall complies now.
+
+Then save the file, and exit from the editor. When you do that, git
+will create the commit.
+
 #### 2.7.4 Aborting a commit
 
 If you decide that you don’t want to commit while in the middle of
@@ -869,13 +879,13 @@ identifier shown above. Can you do it?)
 So now that we've cloned a local repository, made a change to the
 code, setup our name and email address, and made a careful commit,
 we're just about ready to share our change with the world. But wait,
-that commit message has some really embarrassing misspellings in
-it. Wouldn't it be nice to touch those up before I post this commit
+that commit message has that embarrassing misspelling in
+it. Wouldn't it be nice to touch that up before we post this commit
 with a never-to-be-changed again commit identifier?
 
 This is the exact situation for which "git commit --amend" was
-invented. So I can just run that now and fix the broken commit
-message:
+invented. So you can just run that now and fix the broken commit
+message in the editor:
 
 	$ git commit --amend