Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add a few more words to the glossary.

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:25

Jon Loeliger [off-list ref] writes:
 ref::
-	A 40-byte hex representation of a SHA1 pointing to a particular
-	object. These may be stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/`.
+	A 40-byte hex representation of a SHA1 or a name that denotes
+	a particular object. These may be stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/`.
 
+symbolic ref::
+	See "ref".
Uum.  Not very clear.  Do we use that word that often?

I think I used that term to differenciate between HEAD symlink
pointing at refs/heads/master and HEAD being a regular file that
stores a line "ref: refs/heads/master\n"; the latter is the
modern style "textual symref", so in that context it is not
about 40-byte hex at all.  And at that level it is really a
jargon to talk about one small implementation detail of HEAD, so
I am not sure it deserves to be in the glossary.
 tracking branch::
-	A regular git branch that is used to follow changes from
+	A regular git branch that is used to follow changes frompointing
 	another repository.  A tracking branch should not contain
I think this is a typo?
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