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 title: Commit
 ---
 
-A [commit](https://github.com/git-guides/git-commit) is made every time somebody published an update to our source code.
+A [commit](https://github.com/git-guides/git-commit) is made every time somebody publishes an update to our source code.
 
 The word is also used as a verb as in _to commit changes_.