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| author | Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2010-11-02 16:31:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-11-03 09:20:41 -0700 |
| commit | 8b3f3f84b27e6bbac1b1558166b44431a8e78bb1 (patch) | |
| tree | ce61002777df7c0aa90570aa8fc1d7db5e7ffcc2 /Documentation/glossary-content.txt | |
| parent | bc6dafc1445a9e04141ed6bf28326114bc2e9191 (diff) | |
| download | git-8b3f3f84b27e6bbac1b1558166b44431a8e78bb1.tar.gz | |
Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"
One more step towards consistancy. We change the documentation and the C
code in a single patch, since the only instances in the C code are in
comment and usage strings.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/glossary-content.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 1f029f8aa0..f04b48ef0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit. you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>> <<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his revision. This will happen frequently on a - <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote + <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote <<def_repository,repository>>. [[def_fetch]]fetch:: @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have at least one upstream project which they track. By default 'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates - will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named + will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using `git branch -r`. @@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also linkgit:git-push[1]. +[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch:: + A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from + another <<def_repository,repository>>. A remote-tracking + branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits + made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be + identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull: + <<def_refspec,refspec>>. + [[def_repository]]repository:: A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an <<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects @@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet related changes. -[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch:: - A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from - another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking - branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits - made to it. A tracking branch can usually be - identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull: - <<def_refspec,refspec>>. - [[def_tree]]tree:: Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects |