directory for a repository associated with your working tree, or
`<project>.git` directory for a public 'bare' repository. It is
also possible to have a working tree where `.git` is a plain
-ascii file containing `gitdir: <path>`, i.e. the path to the
+ASCII file containing `gitdir: <path>`, i.e. the path to the
real git repository).
objects::
are available in this object store. Whenever a pack is
added or removed, `git update-server-info` should be run
to keep this file up-to-date if the repository is
- published for dumb transports. 'git-repack' does this
+ published for dumb transports. 'git repack' does this
by default.
objects/info/alternates::
refs::
References are stored in subdirectories of this
- directory. The 'git-prune' command knows to keep
+ directory. The 'git prune' command knows to keep
objects reachable from refs found in this directory and
its subdirectories.
branches::
A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used
- to specify URL to 'git-fetch', 'git-pull' and 'git-push'
+ to specify URL to 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push'
commands is to store a file in `branches/<name>` and
give 'name' to these commands in place of 'repository'
argument.
hooks::
Hooks are customization scripts used by various git
commands. A handful of sample hooks are installed when
- 'git-init' is run, but all of them are disabled by
+ 'git init' is run, but all of them are disabled by
default. To enable, the `.sample` suffix has to be
removed from the filename by renaming.
Read linkgit:githooks[5] for more details about
This file helps dumb transports discover what refs are
available in this repository. If the repository is
published for dumb transports, this file should be
- regenerated by 'git-update-server-info' every time a tag
+ regenerated by 'git update-server-info' every time a tag
or branch is created or modified. This is normally done
from the `hooks/update` hook, which is run by the
- 'git-receive-pack' command when you 'git-push' into the
+ 'git-receive-pack' command when you 'git push' into the
repository.
info/grafts::
info/exclude::
This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the
exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory
- ignore file. 'git-status', 'git-add', 'git-rm' and
- 'git-clean' look at it but the core git commands do not look
+ ignore file. 'git status', 'git add', 'git rm' and
+ 'git clean' look at it but the core git commands do not look
at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5].
remotes::
Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default
refnames to interact with remote repository to
- 'git-fetch', 'git-pull' and 'git-push' commands.
+ 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push' commands.
logs::
Records of changes made to refs are stored in this