Re: [PATCH 5/6] Add a description for 'gitfile' to glossary
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:02
Thomas Ackermann [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <redacted> --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 7c15bc0..ddf2f66 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ to point at the new commit. [[def_git_archive]]Git archive:: Synonym for <<def_repository,repository>> (for arch people). +[[def_gitfile]]gitfile:: + A `.git` file which points to a `$GIT_DIR` (used for Git submodules). +
It is more like 'used by' ;-) People are free to write their Porcelain system that uses this mechanism.
[[def_grafts]]grafts:: Grafts enables two otherwise different lines of development to be joined together by recording fake ancestry information for commits. This way