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| author | Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> | 2005-08-18 21:17:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-08-18 12:53:30 -0700 |
| commit | 2f5703c3a09b0d5a851e6846b33a9ed0824f6725 (patch) | |
| tree | d92da2f2d29e8cf9d8a7836833205fb7508a4007 /Documentation/glossary.txt | |
| parent | 9d34c29db39bdb5c2443475dd6a24cfc5c2c9e37 (diff) | |
| download | git-2f5703c3a09b0d5a851e6846b33a9ed0824f6725.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] Updates to glossary
Changes to the descriptions of tree and tag objects, a link for ent, and
descriptions for rewind, rebase and core git were added.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/glossary.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary.txt | 28 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index 015d51018d..7456cffd33 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ blob object:: Untyped object, e.g. the contents of a file. tree object:: - An object containing a list of blob and/or tree objects. - (A tree usually corresponds to a directory without - subdirectories). + An object containing a list of file names and modes along with refs + to the associated blob and/or tree objects. A tree object is + equivalent to a directory. tree:: Either a working tree, or a tree object together with the @@ -118,11 +118,14 @@ tree-ish:: tag object pointing to a tag or commit or tree object. ent:: - Favorite synonym to "tree-ish" by some total geeks. + Favorite synonym to "tree-ish" by some total geeks. See + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent_(Middle-earth) for an in-depth + explanation. tag object:: - An object containing a ref pointing to another object. It can - contain a (PGP) signature, in which case it is called "signed + An object containing a ref pointing to another object, which can + contain a message just like a commit object. It can also + contain a (PGP) signature, in which case it is called a "signed tag object". tag:: @@ -143,6 +146,15 @@ resolve:: The action of fixing up manually what a failed automatic merge left behind. +rewind:: + To throw away part of the development, i.e. to assign the head to + an earlier revision. + +rebase:: + To clean a branch by starting from the head of the main line of + development ("master"), and reapply the (possibly cherry-picked) + changes from that branch. + repository:: A collection of refs together with an object database containing all objects, which are reachable from the refs, possibly accompanied @@ -196,6 +208,10 @@ pack index:: The list of identifiers, and other information, of the objects in a pack, to assist in efficiently accessing the contents of a pack. +core git:: + Fundamental data structures and utilities of git. Exposes only + limited source code management tools. + plumbing:: Cute name for core git. |