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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index 2331be5a71..02a9d9c18a 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ branch:: a particular revision, which is called the branch head. The branch heads are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. +master:: + The default branch. Whenever you create a git repository, a branch + named "master" is created, and becomes the active branch. In most + cases, this contains the local development. + +origin:: + The default upstream branch. Most projects have one upstream + project which they track, and by default 'origin' is used for + that purpose. New updates from upstream will be fetched into + this branch; you should never commit to it yourself. + ref:: A 40-byte hex representation of a SHA1 pointing to a particular object. These may be stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/`. |