--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py	Fri Aug 17 13:58:18 2012 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py	Fri Aug 17 13:58:18 2012 -0700
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
     def _gitnodir(self, commands, env=None, stream=False, cwd=None):
         """Calls the git command
 
-        The methods tries to call the git command. versions previor to 1.6.0
+        The methods tries to call the git command. versions prior to 1.6.0
         are not supported and very probably fail.
         """
         self._ui.debug('%s: git %s\n' % (self._relpath, ' '.join(commands)))