From 2aa54fa872adf37fb3e062dbcafefa30506eed49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yasushi SHOJI Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 03:07:43 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objects Define "dangling" and "unreachable" objects. Modified from original text proposed by Yasushi Shoji. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/glossary.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index d20eb6270..9f446241e 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ DAG:: objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the same object). +dangling object:: + An unreachable object which is not reachable even from other + unreachable objects; a dangling object has no references to it + from any reference or object in the repository. + dircache:: You are *waaaaay* behind. @@ -350,6 +355,10 @@ tag:: unmerged index:: An index which contains unmerged index entries. +unreachable object:: + An object which is not reachable from a branch, tag, or any + other reference. + working tree:: The set of files and directories currently being worked on, i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all. -- 2.30.2