Merge branch 'kb/maint-status-cquote'

[git.git] / Documentation / glossary-content.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
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--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ to point at the new commit.
        An evil merge is a <<def_merge,merge>> that introduces changes that
        do not appear in any <<def_parent,parent>>.
 
-[[def_fast_forward]]fast forward::
+[[def_fast_forward]]fast-forward::
        A fast-forward is a special type of <<def_merge,merge>> where you have a
        <<def_revision,revision>> and you are "merging" another
        <<def_branch,branch>>'s changes that happen to be a descendant of what
        you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
        <<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
        revision. This will happen frequently on a
-       <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+       <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
        <<def_repository,repository>>.
 
 [[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
        conflict, manual intervention may be required to complete the
        merge.
 +
-As a noun: unless it is a <<def_fast_forward,fast forward>>, a
+As a noun: unless it is a <<def_fast_forward,fast-forward>>, a
 successful merge results in the creation of a new <<def_commit,commit>>
 representing the result of the merge, and having as
 <<def_parent,parents>> the tips of the merged <<def_branch,branches>>.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
        at least one upstream project which they track. By default
        'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
-       will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+       will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
        origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
        `git branch -r`.
 
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
        linkgit:git-push[1].
 
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
+       A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
+       another <<def_repository,repository>>. A remote-tracking
+       branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
+       made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
+       identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
+       <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
+
 [[def_repository]]repository::
        A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
        <<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects
@@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
        related changes.
 
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
-       A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
-       another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
-       branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
-       made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
-       identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
-       <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
-
 [[def_tree]]tree::
        Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree
        object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects