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* Documentation: Add definition of "evil merge" to GIT GlossaryJakub Narebski2007-05-25
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: Clean up links in GIT GlossaryJakub Narebski2007-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Ensure that the same link is not repeated in single glossary entry, and that there is no self-link i.e. link to current entry. Add links to other definitions in git glossary. Remove inappropriate (nonsense) links, or change link to link to correct definition (to correct term). Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* glossary: expand and clarify some definitions, prune cross-referencesJ. Bruce Fields2007-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Revise and expand some of the definitions in the glossary, based in part on a recent thread started by a user looking for help with some of the jargon. I've borrowed some of the language from Linus's email on that thread. (I'm assuming standing permission to plagiarize Linus's email....) Also start making a few changes to mitigate the appearance of "circularity" mentioned in that thread: - feel free to use somewhat longer definitions and to explain some things more than once instead of relying purely on cross-references - don't use cross-references when they're redundant: eliminate self-references and repeated references to the same entry. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
* glossary: clean up cross-referencesJ. Bruce Fields2007-03-18
| | | | | | | Manual clean-up of cross-references, and also clean up a few definitions (e.g. git-rebase). Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
* glossary: stop generating automaticallyJ. Bruce Fields2007-03-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The sort_glossary.pl script sorts the glossary, checks for duplicates, and automatically adds cross-references. But it's not so hard to do all that by hand, and sometimes the automatic cross-references are a little wrong; so let's run the script one last time and check in its output. Note: to make the output fit better into the user manual I also deleted the acknowledgements at the end, which was maybe a little rude; feel free to object and I can find a different solution. Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
* glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objectsYasushi SHOJI2007-03-04
| | | | | | | | Define "dangling" and "unreachable" objects. Modified from original text proposed by Yasushi Shoji. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: describe shallow repositoryJunio C Hamano2007-01-17
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* glossary typofixJunio C Hamano2007-01-12
| | | | | | Pointed out by Paul Witt <paul.witt@oxix.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: clarify definition of "reachable"J. Bruce Fields2007-01-07
| | | | | | | Clarify definition of "reachable" (what chain?) Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: update glossary entry for "origin"J. Bruce Fields2006-12-31
| | | | | | | | | | | Update glossary entry for "origin" to reflect fact that it normally now refers to a remote repository, not a branch. Also, warning not to work on remote-tracking branches is no longer necessary since git doesn't allow that. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: Define symref and update HEAD descriptionPetr Baudis2006-11-18
| | | | | | | HEAD was still described as a symlink instead of a symref. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: add missing second colons and remove a typoRene Scharfe2006-10-12
| | | | | | | It takes two colons to mark text as item label. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* change ent to tree in git-diff documentationMatthias Lederhofer2006-07-09
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Misc doc improvementsJonas Fonseca2006-06-07
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Add a few more words to the glossary.v1.3.2Jon Loeliger2006-05-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Clean up a few entries and fix typos. bare repository cherry-picking hook topic branch [jc: removing questionable "symbolic ref -- see 'ref'" for now.] Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Added definitions for a few words:Jon Loeliger2006-05-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | fast forward pickaxe refspec tracking branch Wild hack allows "link:git-" prefix to reference commands too. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Alphabetize the glossary.Jon Loeliger2006-05-03
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* glossary: explain "master" and "origin"Johannes Schindelin2006-01-10
| | | | | | | | | | If you are a long time git user/developer, you forget that to a new git user, these words have not the same meaning as to you. [jc: with updates from J. Bruce Fields.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation: spell.Junio C Hamano2005-12-29
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Documentation(glossary): minor formatting clean-ups.Junio C Hamano2005-12-07
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docsLukas_Sandström2005-11-11
| | | | | | | | | This patch makes the documentation refer to the index as index instead of cache, but some references still remain. (e.g. git-update-index.txt) Signed-off-by: Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Convert usage of GIT and Git into gitChristian Meder2005-10-10
| | | | | | | Convert usage of GIT and Git into git. Signed-off-by: Christian Meder <chris@absolutegiganten.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* [PATCH] More missing terms in glossary.txtJohannes Schindelin2005-08-26
| | | | | | | Describe a DAG and octopus, and change wording of tree object. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* [PATCH] Updates to glossaryJohannes Schindelin2005-08-18
| | | | | | | | 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>
* [PATCH] Assorted changes to glossaryJohannes Schindelin2005-08-17
| | | | | | | | | Based on the discussion on the git list, here are some important changes to the glossary. (There is no cache, but an index. Use "object name" rather than "SHA1". Reorder. Clarify.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* [PATCH] Add GIT glossaryJohannes Schindelin2005-08-17
[jc: This is the version without asciidoc cross references; Johannes says that the cross referenced one is generated from this file using a Perl script, so I am placing this as the source, and expecting to later receive the script and a Makefile entry or two to massage this file into the final HTML or whatever form.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>