[[def_cherry-picking]]cherry-picking::
In <<def_SCM,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
+ as a new series of changes on top of a different codebase. In GIT, this is
+ performed by the "git cherry-pick" command to extract the change introduced
by an existing <<def_commit,commit>> and to record it based on the tip
of the current <<def_branch,branch>> as a new commit.
branch's <<def_head_ref,head ref>> from a remote
<<def_repository,repository>>, to find out which objects are
missing from the local <<def_object_database,object database>>,
- and to get them, too. See also gitlink:git-fetch[1].
+ and to get them, too. See also linkgit:git-fetch[1].
[[def_file_system]]file system::
Linus Torvalds originally designed git to be a user space file system,
A <<def_ref,named reference>> to the <<def_commit,commit>> at the tip of a
<<def_branch,branch>>. Heads are stored in
`$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except when using packed refs. (See
- gitlink:git-pack-refs[1].)
+ linkgit:git-pack-refs[1].)
[[def_HEAD]]HEAD::
The current <<def_branch,branch>>. In more detail: Your <<def_working_tree,
The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>. The <<def_hash,hash>>
of the object's contents using the Secure Hash Algorithm
1 and usually represented by the 40 character hexadecimal encoding of
- the <<def_hash,hash>> of the object (possibly followed by
- a white space).
+ the <<def_hash,hash>> of the object.
[[def_object_type]]object type::
One of the identifiers
[[def_pickaxe]]pickaxe::
The term <<def_pickaxe,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
+ string. With the `--pickaxe-all` option, it can be used to view the full
<<def_changeset,changeset>> that introduced or removed, say, a
- particular line of text. See gitlink:git-diff[1].
+ particular line of text. See linkgit:git-diff[1].
[[def_plumbing]]plumbing::
Cute name for <<def_core_git,core git>>.
[[def_pull]]pull::
Pulling a <<def_branch,branch>> means to <<def_fetch,fetch>> it and
- <<def_merge,merge>> it. See also gitlink:git-pull[1].
+ <<def_merge,merge>> it. See also linkgit:git-pull[1].
[[def_push]]push::
Pushing a <<def_branch,branch>> means to get the branch's
<<def_head_ref,head ref>> from a remote <<def_repository,repository>>,
- find out if it is an ancestor to the branch's local
- head ref is a direct, and in that case, putting all
+ find out if it is a direct ancestor to the branch's local
+ head ref, and in that case, putting all
objects, which are <<def_reachable,reachable>> from the local
head ref, and which are missing from the remote
repository, into the remote
A reflog shows the local "history" of a ref. In other words,
it can tell you what the 3rd last revision in _this_ repository
was, and what was the current state in _this_ repository,
- yesterday 9:14pm. See gitlink:git-reflog[1] for details.
+ yesterday 9:14pm. See linkgit:git-reflog[1] for details.
[[def_refspec]]refspec::
A "refspec" is used by <<def_fetch,fetch>> and
it as my origin branch head". And `git push
$URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/to-upstream` means "publish my
master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
- gitlink:git-push[1]
+ linkgit:git-push[1].
[[def_repository]]repository::
A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
object>>). This is sometimes useful when you are interested only in the
recent history of a project even though the real history recorded in the
upstream is much larger. A shallow repository
- is created by giving the `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and
- its history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1].
+ 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_symref]]symref::
Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA1>>
id itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when
referenced, it recursively dereferences to this reference.
'<<def_HEAD,HEAD>>' is a prime example of a symref. Symbolic
- references are manipulated with the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1]
+ references are manipulated with the linkgit:git-symbolic-ref[1]
command.
[[def_tag]]tag::