From d80c39084251790a161fdb4ab5126b48233c6898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 06:08:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Makefile.maint (sc_the_the): New rule.

---
 ChangeLog      | 2 ++
 Makefile.maint | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4e9f78d..79b3ae4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-07-08  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* Makefile.maint (sc_the_the): New rule.
+
 	* src/dd.c (skip): Remove one of two adjacent "the"s in a comment.
 
 2006-07-07  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 6d28393..10170a7 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ sc_sun_os_names:
 	  { echo '$(ME): found misuse of Sun OS version numbers' 1>&2;	\
 	    exit 1; } || :
 
+sc_the_the:
+	@grep -ni '\<the ''the\>' $$($(CVS_LIST_EXCEPT)) &&		\
+	  { echo '$(ME): found use of "the ''the";' 1>&2;		\
+	    exit 1; } || :
+
 sc_tight_scope:
 	$(MAKE) -C src $@
 
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