[PATCH] affect/effect

Richard Cavell richardcavell at mail.com
Mon Oct 3 00:03:56 CDT 2011


This word should be "effect", because it means "bring into existence" rather than "bring change to". I think it might be just as well to replace it with a term like "perform".
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--- ch02-basic-usage.xml	(revision 4100)
+++ ch02-basic-usage.xml	(working copy)
@@ -2664,7 +2664,7 @@
         so as safely as possible.  Before changing the working copy,
         Subversion logs its intentions in a private <quote>to-do
         list</quote>, of sorts.  Next, it performs those actions to
-        affect the desired change, holding a lock on the relevant part
+        effect the desired change, holding a lock on the relevant part
         of the working copy while it works.  This prevents other
         Subversion clients from accessing the working copy mid-change.
         Finally, Subversion releases its lock and cleans up its


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