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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 9b4a4f45e9..572374f7a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ to point at the new commit. and potentially aborted, and allow for a post-notification after the operation is done. The hook scripts are found in the `$GIT_DIR/hooks/` directory, and are enabled by simply - making them executable. + removing the `.sample` suffix from the filename. In earlier versions + of git you had to make them executable. [[def_index]]index:: A collection of files with stat information, whose contents are stored @@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a 'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using - "`git branch -r`". + `git branch -r`. [[def_pack]]pack:: A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save space @@ -448,6 +449,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a <<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference. +[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch:: + The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in + question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured + via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch + of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'". + [[def_working_tree]]working tree:: The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes |