<<def_revision,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
- `<<def_repository,repository>>.git` <<def_directory,directory>> instead,
+ `repository.git` directory instead,
and no other files are present and checked out. Usually publishers of
public repositories make bare repositories available.
[[def_branch]]branch::
A non-cyclical graph of revisions, i.e. the complete history of a
particular <<def_revision,revision>>, which is called the
- <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>. The <<def_branch,branch>> heads
+ branch <<def_head,head>>. The heads
are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`.
[[def_cache]]cache::
together by recording fake ancestry information for commits. This way
you can make git pretend the set of parents a <<def_commit,commit>> has
is different from what was recorded when the <<def_commit,commit>> was
- created. Configured via the `.git/info/<<def_grafts,grafts>>` file.
+ created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
[[def_hash]]hash::
In git's context, synonym to <<def_object_name,object name>>.
[[def_object_type]]object type::
One of the identifiers
- "<<def_commit,commit>>","<<def_tree,tree>>","<<def_tag,tag>>" and "blob"
+ "<<def_commit,commit>>","<<def_tree,tree>>","<<def_tag,tag>>" or "<<def_blob_object,blob>>"
describing the type of an <<def_object,object>>.
[[def_octopus]]octopus::
at least one upstream project which they track. By default
'<<def_origin,origin>>' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
will be fetched into remote tracking branches named
- <<def_origin,origin>>/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
+ origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
"git <<def_branch,branch>> -r".
[[def_pack]]pack::
<<def_reachable,reachable>> from that <<def_commit,commit>>. More
generally, one <<def_object,object>> is <<def_reachable,reachable>> from
another if we can reach the one from the other by a <<def_chain,chain>>
- that follows tags to whatever they <<def_tag,tag>>, commits to their
- parents or trees, and trees to the trees or blobs that they contain.
+ that follows <<def_tag,tags>> to whatever they tag,
+ <<def_commit_object,commits>> to their parents or trees, and
+ <<def_tree_object,trees>> to the trees or <<def_blob_object,blobs>>
+ that they contain.
[[def_rebase]]rebase::
- To <<def_clean,clean>> a <<def_branch,branch>> by starting from the
- <<def_head,head>> of the main line of development
- ("<<def_master,master>>"), and reapply the (possibly cherry-picked)
- changes from that <<def_branch,branch>>.
+ To reapply a series of changes from a <<def_branch,branch>> to a
+ different base, and reset the <<def_head,head>> of that branch
+ to the result.
[[def_ref]]ref::
A 40-byte hex representation of a <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> or a name that
<<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote <<def_ref,ref>>
and local <<def_ref,ref>>. They are combined with a colon in the format
<src>:<dst>, preceded by an optional plus sign, +. For example: `git
- <<def_fetch,fetch>> $URL
- refs/heads/<<def_master,master>>:refs/heads/<<def_origin,origin>>` means
- "grab the <<def_master,master>> <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>
- from the $URL and store it as my <<def_origin,origin>>
+ fetch $URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin` means
+ "grab the master <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>
+ from the $URL and store it as my origin
<<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>". And `git <<def_push,push>>
- $URL refs/heads/<<def_master,master>>:refs/heads/to-upstream` means
- "publish my <<def_master,master>> <<def_branch,branch>>
+ $URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/to-upstream` means
+ "publish my master <<def_branch,branch>>
<<def_head,head>> as to-upstream <<def_branch,branch>> at $URL". See
also gitlink:git-push[1]
[[def_repository]]repository::
A collection of refs together with an <<def_object_database,object
- database>> containing all objects, which are <<def_reachable,reachable>>
+ database>> containing all objects which are <<def_reachable,reachable>>
from the refs, possibly accompanied by meta data from one or more
porcelains. A <<def_repository,repository>> can share an
<<def_object_database,object database>> with other repositories.
object>>). This is sometimes useful when you are interested only in the
recent history of a project even though the real history recorded in the
upstream is much larger. A <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>>
- is created by giving `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and its
- history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1].
+ is created by giving the `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and
+ its history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1].
[[def_symref]]symref::
Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> id
- itself, it is of the format '<<def_ref,ref>>: refs/some/thing' and when
+ itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when
referenced, it recursively dereferences to this reference. 'HEAD' is a
prime example of a <<def_symref,symref>>. Symbolic references are
manipulated with the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1] command.
[[def_tag]]tag::
A <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to a <<def_tag,tag>> or
<<def_commit_object,commit object>>. In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>,
- a <<def_tag,tag>> is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not
- <<def_tag,tag>> objects) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A git
- <<def_tag,tag>> has nothing to do with a Lisp <<def_tag,tag>> (which is
- called <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A
- <<def_tag,tag>> is most typically used to mark a particular point in the
+ a tag is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not
+ <<def_tag_object,tag objects>>) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A
+ git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp tag (which would be
+ called an <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A
+ tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the
<<def_commit,commit>> ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>.
[[def_tag_object]]tag object::
[[def_tree_object]]tree object::
An <<def_object,object>> containing a list of file names and modes along
- with refs to the associated blob and/or <<def_tree,tree>> objects. A
+ with refs to the associated blob and/or tree objects. A
<<def_tree,tree>> is equivalent to a <<def_directory,directory>>.
[[def_tree-ish]]tree-ish::
<<def_tree_object,tree object>>.
[[def_unmerged_index]]unmerged index::
- An <<def_index,index>> which contains <<def_unmerged_index,unmerged
- index>> entries.
+ An <<def_index,index>> which contains unmerged
+ <<def_index_entry,index entries>>.
[[def_unreachable_object]]unreachable object::
An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a