that Y is a descendent of X, or that there is a chain of parents
leading from commit Y to commit X.
-Undestanding history: History diagrams
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Understanding history: History diagrams
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We will sometimes represent git history using diagrams like the one
below. Commits are shown as "o", and the links between them with
Note that git log starts with the most recent commit and works
backwards through the parents; however, since git history can contain
-multiple independant lines of development, the particular order that
+multiple independent lines of development, the particular order that
commits are listed in may be somewhat arbitrary.
Generating diffs
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and git will prompt you for a commit message and then create the new
-commmit. Check to make sure it looks like what you expected with
+commit. Check to make sure it looks like what you expected with
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$ git show
$ git-merge-index git-merge-one-file hello.c
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-and that is what higher level `git resolve` is implemented with.
+and that is what higher level `git merge -s resolve` is implemented with.
How git stores objects efficiently: pack files
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Document shallow clones? See draft 1.5.0 release notes for some
documentation.
-Add a sectin on working with other version control systems, including
+Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
More details on gitweb?