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diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index a969b3fbc3..eb3d040783 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You may find these things in your git repository (`.git` directory for a repository associated with your working tree, or `<project>.git` directory for a public 'bare' repository. It is also possible to have a working tree where `.git` is a plain -ascii file containing `gitdir: <path>`, i.e. the path to the +ASCII file containing `gitdir: <path>`, i.e. the path to the real git repository). objects:: @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ objects/info/packs:: are available in this object store. Whenever a pack is added or removed, `git update-server-info` should be run to keep this file up-to-date if the repository is - published for dumb transports. 'git-repack' does this + published for dumb transports. 'git repack' does this by default. objects/info/alternates:: @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ objects/info/http-alternates:: refs:: References are stored in subdirectories of this - directory. The 'git-prune' command knows to keep + directory. The 'git prune' command knows to keep objects reachable from refs found in this directory and its subdirectories. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ details. branches:: A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used - to specify URL to 'git-fetch', 'git-pull' and 'git-push' + to specify URL to 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push' commands is to store a file in `branches/<name>` and give 'name' to these commands in place of 'repository' argument. @@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ branches:: hooks:: Hooks are customization scripts used by various git commands. A handful of sample hooks are installed when - 'git-init' is run, but all of them are disabled by - default. To enable, they need to be made executable. + 'git init' is run, but all of them are disabled by + default. To enable, the `.sample` suffix has to be + removed from the filename by renaming. Read linkgit:githooks[5] for more details about each hook. @@ -150,10 +151,10 @@ info/refs:: This file helps dumb transports discover what refs are available in this repository. If the repository is published for dumb transports, this file should be - regenerated by 'git-update-server-info' every time a tag + regenerated by 'git update-server-info' every time a tag or branch is created or modified. This is normally done from the `hooks/update` hook, which is run by the - 'git-receive-pack' command when you 'git-push' into the + 'git-receive-pack' command when you 'git push' into the repository. info/grafts:: @@ -167,14 +168,14 @@ info/grafts:: info/exclude:: This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory - ignore file. 'git-status', 'git-add', 'git-rm' and - 'git-clean' look at it but the core git commands do not look + ignore file. 'git status', 'git add', 'git rm' and + 'git clean' look at it but the core git commands do not look at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5]. remotes:: Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default refnames to interact with remote repository to - 'git-fetch', 'git-pull' and 'git-push' commands. + 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push' commands. logs:: Records of changes made to refs are stored in this |