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| author |  Yasushi SHOJI <yashi@atmark-techno.com> | 2007-03-05 03:07:43 +0900 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-03-04 16:47:33 -0800 |
| commit | 2aa54fa872adf37fb3e062dbcafefa30506eed49 (patch) | |
| tree | d6f026584d6cb9f67862686f1cb3f604a74ccb88 /Documentation/glossary.txt | |
| parent | user-manual: more detailed merge discussion (diff) | |
| download | tgif-2aa54fa872adf37fb3e062dbcafefa30506eed49.tar.xz | |
glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objects
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/glossary.txt')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index d20eb6270c..9f446241e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ DAG:: objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the same object). +dangling object:: + An unreachable object which is not reachable even from other + unreachable objects; a dangling object has no references to it + from any reference or object in the repository. + dircache:: You are *waaaaay* behind. @@ -350,6 +355,10 @@ tag:: unmerged index:: An index which contains unmerged index entries. +unreachable object:: + An object which is not reachable from a branch, tag, or any + other reference. + working tree:: The set of files and directories currently being worked on, i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all. |