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glossary: clean up cross-references
Manual clean-up of cross-references, and also clean up a few definitions (e.g. git-rebase). Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ GIT Glossary
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<<def_revision,revision>> control. That is, all of the `git`
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administrative and control files that would normally be present in the
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hidden `.git` sub-directory are directly present in the
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`<<def_repository,repository>>.git` <<def_directory,directory>> instead,
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`repository.git` directory instead,
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and no other files are present and checked out. Usually publishers of
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public repositories make bare repositories available.
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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ GIT Glossary
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[[def_branch]]branch::
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A non-cyclical graph of revisions, i.e. the complete history of a
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particular <<def_revision,revision>>, which is called the
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<<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>. The <<def_branch,branch>> heads
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branch <<def_head,head>>. The heads
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are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`.
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[[def_cache]]cache::
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@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ GIT Glossary
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together by recording fake ancestry information for commits. This way
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you can make git pretend the set of parents a <<def_commit,commit>> has
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is different from what was recorded when the <<def_commit,commit>> was
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created. Configured via the `.git/info/<<def_grafts,grafts>>` file.
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created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
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[[def_hash]]hash::
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In git's context, synonym to <<def_object_name,object name>>.
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@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ GIT Glossary
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[[def_object_type]]object type::
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One of the identifiers
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"<<def_commit,commit>>","<<def_tree,tree>>","<<def_tag,tag>>" and "blob"
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"<<def_commit,commit>>","<<def_tree,tree>>","<<def_tag,tag>>" or "<<def_blob_object,blob>>"
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describing the type of an <<def_object,object>>.
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[[def_octopus]]octopus::
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at least one upstream project which they track. By default
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'<<def_origin,origin>>' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
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will be fetched into remote tracking branches named
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<<def_origin,origin>>/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
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origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
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"git <<def_branch,branch>> -r".
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[[def_pack]]pack::
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<<def_reachable,reachable>> from that <<def_commit,commit>>. More
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generally, one <<def_object,object>> is <<def_reachable,reachable>> from
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another if we can reach the one from the other by a <<def_chain,chain>>
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that follows tags to whatever they <<def_tag,tag>>, commits to their
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parents or trees, and trees to the trees or blobs that they contain.
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that follows <<def_tag,tags>> to whatever they tag,
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<<def_commit_object,commits>> to their parents or trees, and
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<<def_tree_object,trees>> to the trees or <<def_blob_object,blobs>>
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that they contain.
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[[def_rebase]]rebase::
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To <<def_clean,clean>> a <<def_branch,branch>> by starting from the
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<<def_head,head>> of the main line of development
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("<<def_master,master>>"), and reapply the (possibly cherry-picked)
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changes from that <<def_branch,branch>>.
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To reapply a series of changes from a <<def_branch,branch>> to a
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different base, and reset the <<def_head,head>> of that branch
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to the result.
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[[def_ref]]ref::
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A 40-byte hex representation of a <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> or a name that
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<<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote <<def_ref,ref>>
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and local <<def_ref,ref>>. They are combined with a colon in the format
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<src>:<dst>, preceded by an optional plus sign, +. For example: `git
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<<def_fetch,fetch>> $URL
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refs/heads/<<def_master,master>>:refs/heads/<<def_origin,origin>>` means
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"grab the <<def_master,master>> <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>
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from the $URL and store it as my <<def_origin,origin>>
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fetch $URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin` means
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"grab the master <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>
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from the $URL and store it as my origin
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<<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>". And `git <<def_push,push>>
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$URL refs/heads/<<def_master,master>>:refs/heads/to-upstream` means
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"publish my <<def_master,master>> <<def_branch,branch>>
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$URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/to-upstream` means
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"publish my master <<def_branch,branch>>
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<<def_head,head>> as to-upstream <<def_branch,branch>> at $URL". See
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also gitlink:git-push[1]
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[[def_repository]]repository::
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A collection of refs together with an <<def_object_database,object
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database>> containing all objects, which are <<def_reachable,reachable>>
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database>> containing all objects which are <<def_reachable,reachable>>
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from the refs, possibly accompanied by meta data from one or more
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porcelains. A <<def_repository,repository>> can share an
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<<def_object_database,object database>> with other repositories.
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object>>). This is sometimes useful when you are interested only in the
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recent history of a project even though the real history recorded in the
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upstream is much larger. A <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>>
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is created by giving `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and its
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history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1].
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is created by giving the `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and
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its history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1].
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[[def_symref]]symref::
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Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> id
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itself, it is of the format '<<def_ref,ref>>: refs/some/thing' and when
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itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when
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referenced, it recursively dereferences to this reference. 'HEAD' is a
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prime example of a <<def_symref,symref>>. Symbolic references are
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manipulated with the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1] command.
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[[def_tag]]tag::
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A <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to a <<def_tag,tag>> or
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<<def_commit_object,commit object>>. In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>,
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a <<def_tag,tag>> is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not
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<<def_tag,tag>> objects) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A git
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<<def_tag,tag>> has nothing to do with a Lisp <<def_tag,tag>> (which is
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called <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A
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<<def_tag,tag>> is most typically used to mark a particular point in the
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a tag is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not
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<<def_tag_object,tag objects>>) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A
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git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp tag (which would be
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called an <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A
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tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the
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<<def_commit,commit>> ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>.
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[[def_tag_object]]tag object::
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[[def_tree_object]]tree object::
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An <<def_object,object>> containing a list of file names and modes along
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with refs to the associated blob and/or <<def_tree,tree>> objects. A
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with refs to the associated blob and/or tree objects. A
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<<def_tree,tree>> is equivalent to a <<def_directory,directory>>.
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[[def_tree-ish]]tree-ish::
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<<def_tree_object,tree object>>.
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[[def_unmerged_index]]unmerged index::
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An <<def_index,index>> which contains <<def_unmerged_index,unmerged
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index>> entries.
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An <<def_index,index>> which contains unmerged
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<<def_index_entry,index entries>>.
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[[def_unreachable_object]]unreachable object::
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An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a
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