From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:17:05 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: glossary: a revision is just a commit
X-Git-Tag: v1.8.3-rc0~4^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/dfb44106cdad20d4cf251b31cff154525a291326?ds=inline;hp=--cc

glossary: a revision is just a commit

The current definition of 'revision' sounds like it is saying that a
revision is a tree object.  In reality it is just a commit.

This should be especially useful for people used to other revision
control systems trying to see how familiar concepts translate into git
terms.

Reported-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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dfb44106cdad20d4cf251b31cff154525a291326
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index eb7ba84f1f..521fceebe6 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -430,9 +430,7 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec.
 	<<def_merge,merge>> left behind.
 
 [[def_revision]]revision::
-	A particular state of files and directories which was stored in the
-	<<def_object_database,object database>>. It is referenced by a
-	<<def_commit_object,commit object>>.
+	Synonym for <<def_commit,commit>> (the noun).
 
 [[def_rewind]]rewind::
 	To throw away part of the development, i.e. to assign the