Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index 79781adf4fb554a458d76903c3999d46952b1ae3..554ee0af912368cb842d93c025e742daaf47f5f2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ $ git clone /home/alice/project myrepo
 
 This creates a new directory "myrepo" containing a clone of Alice's
 repository.  The clone is on an equal footing with the original
-project, posessing its own copy of the original project's history.
+project, possessing its own copy of the original project's history.
 
 Bob then makes some changes and commits them:
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ $ git log -p master..bob-incoming
 shows a list of all the changes that Bob made since he branched from
 Alice's master branch.
 
-After examing those changes, and possibly fixing things, Alice can
+After examining those changes, and possibly fixing things, Alice can
 pull the changes into her master branch:
 
 -------------------------------------
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ $ git diff v2.5 HEAD         # compare the current HEAD to v2.5
 $ git branch stable v2.5 # start a new branch named "stable" based
                         # at v2.5
 $ git reset --hard HEAD^ # reset your current branch and working
-                        # directory its state at HEAD^
+                        # directory to its state at HEAD^
 -------------------------------------
 
 Be careful with that last command: in addition to losing any changes
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ project, so
 $ git grep "hello" v2.5
 -------------------------------------
 
-searches for all occurences of "hello" in v2.5.
+searches for all occurrences of "hello" in v2.5.
 
 If you leave out the commit name, git grep will search any of the
 files it manages in your current directory.  So
@@ -429,16 +429,24 @@ $ gitk --since="2 weeks ago" drivers/
 -------------------------------------
 
 allows you to browse any commits from the last 2 weeks of commits
-that modified files under the "drivers" directory.
+that modified files under the "drivers" directory.  (Note: you can
+adjust gitk's fonts by holding down the control key while pressing
+"-" or "+".)
 
 Finally, most commands that take filenames will optionally allow you
 to precede any filename by a commit, to specify a particular version
-fo the file:
+of the file:
 
 -------------------------------------
 $ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in
 -------------------------------------
 
+You can also use "git cat-file -p" to see any such file:
+
+-------------------------------------
+$ git cat-file -p v2.5:Makefile
+-------------------------------------
+
 Next Steps
 ----------
 
@@ -474,6 +482,6 @@ digressions that may be interesting at this point are:
     smart enough to perform a close-to-optimal search even in the
     case of complex non-linear history with lots of merged branches.
 
-  * link:everyday.html[Everday GIT with 20 Commands Or So]
+  * link:everyday.html[Everyday GIT with 20 Commands Or So]
 
   * link:cvs-migration.html[git for CVS users].