[PATCH 3/5] glossary: update description of "tag"
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Jun 23, 2011, 16:52 UTC
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It is an unimportant implementation detail that ref namespaces are implemented as subdirectories of $GIT_DIR/refs. What is more important is that tags are in refs/tags hierarchy in the ref namespace.
Also note that a tag can point at an object of arbitrary type, not limited to commit.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 33716a3..c437f34 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -427,14 +427,14 @@ including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg. command. [[def_tag]]tag:: - A <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to a <<def_tag_object,tag>> or - <<def_commit_object,commit object>>. In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>, - a tag is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not - <<def_tag_object,tag objects>>) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A - git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp tag (which would be - called an <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A - tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the - commit ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>. + A <<def_ref,ref>> under `refs/tags/` namespace that points to an + object of an arbitrary type (typically a tag points to either a + <<def_tag_object,tag>> or a <<def_commit_object,commit object>>). + In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>, a tag is not updated by + the `commit` command. A git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp + tag (which would be called an <<def_object_type,object type>> + in git's context). A tag is most typically used to mark a particular + point in the commit ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>. [[def_tag_object]]tag object:: An <<def_object,object>> containing a <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to
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