[[def_alternate_object_database]]alternate object database::
Via the alternates mechanism, a <<def_repository,repository>>
can inherit part of its <<def_object_database,object database>>
- from another object database, which is called "alternate".
+ from another object database, which is called an "alternate".
[[def_bare_repository]]bare repository::
A bare repository is normally an appropriately
you can make Git pretend the set of <<def_parent,parents>> a <<def_commit,commit>> has
is different from what was recorded when the commit was
created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
++
+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems
+transferring objects between repositories; see linkgit:git-replace[1]
+for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
[[def_hash]]hash::
In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
signature" letters (which optionally is terminated by another colon `:`),
and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path.
The "magic signature" consists of ASCII symbols that are neither
-alphanumeric, glob, regex special charaters nor colon.
+alphanumeric, glob, regex special characters nor colon.
The optional colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be
omitted if the pattern begins with a character that does not belong to
"magic signature" symbol set and is not a colon.
<<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote
<<def_ref,ref>> and local ref.
+[[def_remote]]remote repository::
+ A <<def_repository,repository>> which is used to track the same
+ project but resides somewhere else. To communicate with remotes,
+ see <<def_fetch,fetch>> or <<def_push,push>>.
+
[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
A <<def_ref,ref>> that is used to follow changes from another
<<def_repository,repository>>. It typically looks like
is created by giving the `--depth` option to linkgit:git-clone[1], and
its history can be later deepened with linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+[[def_submodule]]submodule::
+ A <<def_repository,repository>> that holds the history of a
+ separate project inside another repository (the latter of
+ which is called <<def_superproject, superproject>>).
+
+[[def_superproject]]superproject::
+ A <<def_repository,repository>> that references repositories
+ of other projects in its working tree as <<def_submodule,submodules>>.
+ The superproject knows about the names of (but does not hold
+ copies of) commit objects of the contained submodules.
+
[[def_symref]]symref::
Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>>
id itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when