From: Jon Loeliger Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 04:19:54 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Add a few more words to the glossary. X-Git-Tag: v1.3.2^0 X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7abd7117ec57b8c3c2a469db62c7811fdac5c655;p=git.git Add a few more words to the glossary. Clean up a few entries and fix typos. bare repository cherry-picking hook topic branch [jc: removing questionable "symbolic ref -- see 'ref'" for now.] Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index e216eb48..39c90ad7 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ alternate object database:: object database from another object database, which is called "alternate". +bare repository:: + A bare repository is normally an appropriately named + directory with a `.git` suffix that does not have a + locally checked-out copy of any of the files under revision + control. That is, all of the `git` administrative and + control files that would normally be present in the + hidden `.git` sub-directory are directly present in + the `repository.git` directory instead, and no other files + are present and checked out. Usually publishers of public + repositories make bare repositories available. + blob object:: Untyped object, e.g. the contents of a file. @@ -28,6 +39,15 @@ checkout:: The action of updating the working tree to a revision which was stored in the object database. +cherry-picking:: + In SCM jargon, "cherry pick" means to choose a subset of + changes out of a series of changes (typically commits) + and record them as a new series of changes on top of + different codebase. In GIT, this is performed by + "git cherry-pick" command to extract the change + introduced by an existing commit and to record it based + on the tip of the current branch as a new commit. + clean:: A working tree is clean, if it corresponds to the revision referenced by the current head. Also see "dirty". @@ -100,6 +120,16 @@ head ref:: A ref pointing to a head. Often, this is abbreviated to "head". Head refs are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. +hook:: + During the normal execution of several git commands, + call-outs are made to optional scripts that allow + a developer to add functionality or checking. + Typically, the hooks allow for a command to be pre-verified + and potentially aborted, and allow for a post-notification + after the operation is done. + The hook scripts are found in the `$GIT_DIR/hooks/` directory, + and are enabled by simply making them executable. + index:: A collection of files with stat information, whose contents are stored as objects. The index is a stored version of your working @@ -113,10 +143,10 @@ index entry:: that file). master:: - The default branch. Whenever you create a git repository, a branch - named "master" is created, and becomes the active branch. In most - cases, this contains the local development. - + The default development branch. Whenever you create a git + repository, a branch named "master" is created, and becomes + the active branch. In most cases, this contains the local + development, though that is purely conventional and not required. merge:: To merge branches means to try to accumulate the changes since a @@ -151,10 +181,11 @@ octopus:: predator. origin:: - The default upstream branch. Most projects have one upstream - project which they track, and by default 'origin' is used for - that purpose. New updates from upstream will be fetched into - this branch; you should never commit to it yourself. + The default upstream tracking branch. Most projects have at + least one upstream project which they track. By default + 'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates + will be fetched into this branch; you should never commit + to it yourself. pack:: A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save @@ -168,7 +199,8 @@ parent:: A commit object contains a (possibly empty) list of the logical predecessor(s) in the line of development, i.e. its parents. -pickaxe:: The term pickaxe refers to an option to the diffcore routines +pickaxe:: + The term pickaxe refers to an option to the diffcore routines that help select changes that add or delete a given text string. With the --pickaxe-all option, it can be used to view the full changeset that introduced or removed, say, a particular @@ -204,8 +236,8 @@ rebase:: changes from that branch. 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/`. refspec:: A refspec is used by fetch and push to describe the mapping @@ -243,10 +275,17 @@ SCM:: SHA1:: Synonym for object name. +topic branch:: + A regular git branch that is used by a developer to + identify a conceptual line of development. Since branches + are very easy and inexpensive, it is often desirable to + have several small branches that each contain very well + defined concepts or small incremental yet related changes. + tracking branch:: A regular git branch that is used to follow changes from another repository. A tracking branch should not contain - direct modifications or made commits made locally. + direct modifications or have local commits made to it. A tracking branch can usually be identified as the right-hand-side ref in a Pull: refspec.