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?