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| author |  Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> | 2006-11-18 20:44:08 +0100 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-11-18 14:04:51 -0800 |
| commit | e3d457fb59f71dd40d24c82f48625a24492907d4 (patch) | |
| tree | e7cd4daeb0d11655d52238fee848f538df2d98d7 /Documentation/glossary.txt | |
| parent | Document git-runstatus (diff) | |
| download | tgif-e3d457fb59f71dd40d24c82f48625a24492907d4.tar.xz | |
Documentation: Define symref and update HEAD description
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>
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |