Merge branch 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui

[git.git] / Documentation / glossary.txt

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@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ GIT Glossary
 [[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.
 
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ to point at the new commit.
        `http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent_(Middle-earth)` for an in-depth
        explanation. Avoid this term, not to confuse people.
 
+[[def_evil_merge]]evil merge::
+       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::
        A fast-forward is a special type of <<def_merge,merge>> where you have a
        <<def_revision,revision>> and you are "merging" another
@@ -277,7 +281,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 [[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].
 
@@ -297,8 +301,8 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 [[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
@@ -326,6 +330,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        denotes a particular <<def_object,object>>. These may be stored in
        `$GIT_DIR/refs/`.
 
+[[def_reflog]]reflog::
+       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.
+
 [[def_refspec]]refspec::
        A "refspec" is used by <<def_fetch,fetch>> and
        <<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote
@@ -337,7 +347,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        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]
+       gitlink:git-push[1].
 
 [[def_repository]]repository::
        A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an