diff mercurial/simplemerge.py @ 14549:48ec0763afbb

check-code: catch misspellings of descendant

This word is fairly common in Mercurial, and easy to misspell.

--- a/mercurial/simplemerge.py	Tue Jun 07 16:02:51 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/simplemerge.py	Tue Jun 07 17:02:54 2011 -0500
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
         Method is as follows:
 
         The two sequences align only on regions which match the base
-        and both descendents.  These are found by doing a two-way diff
+        and both descendants.  These are found by doing a two-way diff
         of each one against the base, and then finding the
         intersections between those regions.  These "sync regions"
         are by definition unchanged in both and easily dealt with.
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
     mismatch_region = staticmethod(mismatch_region)
 
     def find_sync_regions(self):
-        """Return a list of sync regions, where both descendents match the base.
+        """Return a list of sync regions, where both descendants match the base.
 
         Generates a list of (base1, base2, a1, a2, b1, b2).  There is
         always a zero-length sync region at the end of all the files.