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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index 7e560b0eea..894883d7b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ SCM:: SHA1:: Synonym for object name. +symref:: + Symbolic reference: instead of containing the SHA1 id itself, it + is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when referenced, it + recursively dereferences to this reference. 'HEAD' is a prime + example of a symref. Symbolic references are manipulated with + the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1] command. + topic branch:: A regular git branch that is used by a developer to identify a conceptual line of development. Since branches |