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[PATCH] Forgotten 'tracking' -> 'remote-tracking'

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Nov 2, 2010, 20:32 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
> You missed a tracking branch -> remote-tracking branch substitution in
> the third/fourth line.
Oops, right. Junio, can you either add this or (better) squash this in my PATCH 5/10?
Thanks,
 Documentation/glossary-content.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index ba96b32..f04b48e 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 
 [[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 tracking
+	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:
-- 
1.7.3.2.183.g2e7b0
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Message 8 of 17 in “More consistant terminology”
  1. 00/10 More consistant terminologyMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  2. 01/10 Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-statusMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  3. 02/10 Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  4. 03/10 Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial placesMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  5. 04/10 everyday.txt: change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  6. 05/10 Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  7. Santi BéjarNov 2, 2010
  8. Forgotten 'tracking' -> 'remote-tracking'Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  9. 06/10 Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  10. 07/10 Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C codeMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  11. What's the -s switch in git show?Will Hall, Nov 9, 2010
  12. Documentation: document show -sJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2010
  13. 08/10 user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch termsMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  14. Peter KreftingNov 2, 2010
  15. user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch termsMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  16. 09/10 user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEADMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  17. 10/10 git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configurationMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010

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