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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-01-10 16:19:11 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-01-10 16:19:11 -0800 |
| commit | 78ff5cf6b5595fa3ae291fa9ee3595b7c7cc624a (patch) | |
| tree | 834b1004515b01385aea48c11c2e52950423739f /Documentation | |
| parent | eb858c60d7850fc2ed2f69397f0560e707de324d (diff) | |
| parent | d5a6aafc90a14382120727e4e81ee1a380e8b194 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index 2331be5a7..02a9d9c18 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ branch:: a particular revision, which is called the branch head. The branch heads are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. +master:: + The default branch. Whenever you create a git repository, a branch + named "master" is created, and becomes the active branch. In most + cases, this contains the local development. + +origin:: + The default upstream branch. Most projects have one upstream + project which they track, and by default 'origin' is used for + that purpose. New updates from upstream will be fetched into + this branch; you should never commit to it yourself. + ref:: A 40-byte hex representation of a SHA1 pointing to a particular object. These may be stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/`. |