Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-03-18

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-18 17:24:24

Stefan Beller [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Unfortunately gitglossary(7) doesn't make this clear at all --- it
uses the term worktree a few times (and appears to mean "working tree"
when it does --- e.g.

        Pathspecs are used on the command line of [...] and many other
        commands to limit the scope of operations to some subset of
        the tree or worktree.

) but never defines it.
So maybe it's time to look for volunteers for a cleanup patch. ;)
I tried finding the discussion on worktree vs "working tree"
and did not succeed. :/
A rough rule of thumb.  Anything that was written before 2014 or
back when nobody knew df0b6cfb ("worktree: new place for "git prune
--worktrees"", 2015-06-29) was coming that says "worktree" is using
the term to refer to what we call "working tree" these days.

What Jonathan quoted above came from 3bd2bcfa ("glossary: define
pathspec", 2010-12-15) and certainly predates the one that replaced
contrib/workdir, so we should update it to read "working tree".
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