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2007-03-04glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objectsLibravatar Yasushi SHOJI1-0/+9
Define "dangling" and "unreachable" objects. Modified from original text proposed by Yasushi Shoji. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-17Documentation: describe shallow repositoryLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-12glossary typofixLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Pointed out by Paul Witt <paul.witt@oxix.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-07Documentation: clarify definition of "reachable"Libravatar J. Bruce Fields1-2/+5
Clarify definition of "reachable" (what chain?) Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-31Documentation: update glossary entry for "origin"Libravatar J. Bruce Fields1-3/+4
Update glossary entry for "origin" to reflect fact that it normally now refers to a remote repository, not a branch. Also, warning not to work on remote-tracking branches is no longer necessary since git doesn't allow that. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-11-18Documentation: Define symref and update HEAD descriptionLibravatar Petr Baudis1-0/+7
HEAD was still described as a symlink instead of a symref. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-10-12Documentation: add missing second colons and remove a typoLibravatar Rene Scharfe1-2/+2
It takes two colons to mark text as item label. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-07-09change ent to tree in git-diff documentationLibravatar Matthias Lederhofer1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-06-07Misc doc improvementsLibravatar Jonas Fonseca1-0/+7
Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-05-03Add a few more words to the glossary.Libravatar Jon Loeliger1-12/+51
Clean up a few entries and fix typos. bare repository cherry-picking hook topic branch [jc: removing questionable "symbolic ref -- see 'ref'" for now.] Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-05-03Added definitions for a few words:Libravatar Jon Loeliger1-0/+33
fast forward pickaxe refspec tracking branch Wild hack allows "link:git-" prefix to reference commands too. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-05-03Alphabetize the glossary.Libravatar Jon Loeliger1-169/+170
Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-01-10glossary: explain "master" and "origin"Libravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+11
If you are a long time git user/developer, you forget that to a new git user, these words have not the same meaning as to you. [jc: with updates from J. Bruce Fields.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-29Documentation: spell.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-07Documentation(glossary): minor formatting clean-ups.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+6
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-11Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docsLibravatar Lukas_Sandström1-3/+3
This patch makes the documentation refer to the index as index instead of cache, but some references still remain. (e.g. git-update-index.txt) Signed-off-by: Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-10-10Convert usage of GIT and Git into gitLibravatar Christian Meder1-1/+1
Convert usage of GIT and Git into git. Signed-off-by: Christian Meder <chris@absolutegiganten.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-26[PATCH] More missing terms in glossary.txtLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-2/+12
Describe a DAG and octopus, and change wording of tree object. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-18[PATCH] Updates to glossaryLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-6/+22
Changes to the descriptions of tree and tag objects, a link for ent, and descriptions for rewind, rebase and core git were added. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-17[PATCH] Assorted changes to glossaryLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-43/+61
Based on the discussion on the git list, here are some important changes to the glossary. (There is no cache, but an index. Use "object name" rather than "SHA1". Reorder. Clarify.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-17[PATCH] Add GIT glossaryLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+198
[jc: This is the version without asciidoc cross references; Johannes says that the cross referenced one is generated from this file using a Perl script, so I am placing this as the source, and expecting to later receive the script and a Makefile entry or two to massage this file into the final HTML or whatever form.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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