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| author |  Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com> | 2013-09-04 15:04:29 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-09-04 15:02:35 -0700 |
| commit | 406fde17da450036acc35316c085e32bbd73ebc1 (patch) | |
| tree | ac7aac4175589807dac1387b5b23f604740ae77a | |
| parent | glossary: mention 'treeish' as an alternative to 'tree-ish' (diff) | |
| download | tgif-406fde17da450036acc35316c085e32bbd73ebc1.tar.xz | |
glossary: define commit-ish (a.k.a. committish)
Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 0273095eb4..47e901ece8 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ to point at the new commit. to the top <<def_directory,directory>> of the stored revision. +[[def_commit-ish]]commit-ish (also committish):: + A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> or an + <<def_object,object>> that can be recursively dereferenced to + a commit object. + The following are all commit-ishes: + a commit object, + a <<def_tag_object,tag object>> that points to a commit + object, + a tag object that points to a tag object that points to a + commit object, + etc. + [[def_core_git]]core Git:: Fundamental data structures and utilities of Git. Exposes only limited source code management tools. |