--- a/mercurial/bookmarks.py	Thu Oct 17 16:13:15 2013 +0800
+++ b/mercurial/bookmarks.py	Thu Oct 24 01:49:56 2013 +0800
@@ -312,5 +312,5 @@
     elif repo.obsstore:
         return new.node() in obsolete.foreground(repo, [old.node()])
     else:
-        # still an independant clause as it is lazyer (and therefore faster)
+        # still an independent clause as it is lazyer (and therefore faster)
         return old.descendant(new)