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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
git(7)
======
-v0.1, May 2005
+May 2005
NAME
----
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
This is reference information for the core git commands.
-The link:README[] contains much useful definition and clarification
-info - read that first. And of the commands, I suggest reading
-'git-update-cache' and 'git-read-tree' first - I wish I had!
+The Discussion section below contains much useful definition and
+clarification info - read that first. And of the commands, I suggest
+reading link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache] and
+link:git-read-tree.html[git-read-tree] first - I wish I had!
David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
08/05/05
@@ -157,14 +158,10 @@ link:git-rpush.html[git-rpush]::
-Terminology
------------
-see README for description
-
-Identifier terminology
+Identifier Terminology
----------------------
<object>::
- Indicates any object sha1 identifier
+ Indicates the sha1 identifier for any type of object
<blob>::
Indicates a blob object sha1 identifier
@@ -176,11 +173,10 @@ Identifier terminology
Indicates a commit object sha1 identifier
<tree-ish>::
- Indicates a tree, commit or tag object sha1 identifier.
- A command that takes a <tree-ish> argument ultimately
- wants to operate on a <tree> object but automatically
- dereferences <commit> and <tag> that points at a
- <tree>.
+ Indicates a tree, commit or tag object sha1 identifier. A
+ command that takes a <tree-ish> argument ultimately wants to
+ operate on a <tree> object but automatically dereferences
+ <commit> and <tag> objects that point at a <tree>.
<type>::
Indicates that an object type is required.
@@ -192,10 +188,12 @@ Identifier terminology
Symbolic Identifiers
--------------------
-Any git comand accepting any <object> can also use the following symbolic notation:
+Any git comand accepting any <object> can also use the following
+symbolic notation:
HEAD::
- indicates the head of the repository (ie the contents of `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`)
+ indicates the head of the repository (ie the contents of
+ `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`)
<tag>::
a valid tag 'name'+
(ie the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<tag>`)
@@ -230,18 +228,12 @@ GIT_DIR.
Terminology
-----------
-Each line contains terms used interchangeably
+Each line contains terms which you may see used interchangeably
object database, .git directory
directory cache, index
id, sha1, sha1-id, sha1 hash
type, tag
- blob, blob object
- tree, tree object
- commit, commit object
- parent
- root object
- changeset
Environment Variables
@@ -295,9 +287,13 @@ git Diffs
link:git-diff-files.html[git-diff-files];
link:git-diff-tree.html[git-diff-tree]
+Discussion
+----------
+include::../README[]
+
Author
------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
Documentation
--------------