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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 6a875f2ade..9e302b0a60 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.8.2.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.2.1] +* link:v1.8.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.2.3] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.8.2.3.txt[1.8.2.3]. + link:RelNotes/1.8.2.2.txt[1.8.2.2]. link:RelNotes/1.8.2.1.txt[1.8.2.1]. link:RelNotes/1.8.2.txt[1.8.2]. @@ -741,7 +743,7 @@ where: <old|new>-file:: are files GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF can use to read the contents of <old|new>, - <old|new>-hex:: are the 40-hexdigit SHA1 hashes, + <old|new>-hex:: are the 40-hexdigit SHA-1 hashes, <old|new>-mode:: are the octal representation of the file modes. + The file parameters can point at the user's working file @@ -864,7 +866,7 @@ The commit, equivalent to what other systems call a "changeset" or represents an immediately preceding step. Commits with more than one parent represent merges of independent lines of development. -All objects are named by the SHA1 hash of their contents, normally +All objects are named by the SHA-1 hash of their contents, normally written as a string of 40 hex digits. Such names are globally unique. The entire history leading up to a commit can be vouched for by signing just that commit. A fourth object type, the tag, is provided for this @@ -874,9 +876,9 @@ When first created, objects are stored in individual files, but for efficiency may later be compressed together into "pack files". Named pointers called refs mark interesting points in history. A ref -may contain the SHA1 name of an object or the name of another ref. Refs -with names beginning `ref/head/` contain the SHA1 name of the most -recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development. SHA1 names of +may contain the SHA-1 name of an object or the name of another ref. Refs +with names beginning `ref/head/` contain the SHA-1 name of the most +recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development. SHA-1 names of tags of interest are stored under `ref/tags/`. A special ref named `HEAD` contains the name of the currently checked-out branch. |