From: Richard Hansen Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:04:29 GMT Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] glossary: define commit-ish (a.k.a. committish) Message-ID: <1378321474-7125-3-git-send-email-rhansen@bbn.com> In-Reply-To: <1378321474-7125-1-git-send-email-rhansen@bbn.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 0273095..47e901e 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ to point at the new commit. to the top <> of the stored revision. +[[def_commit-ish]]commit-ish (also committish):: + A <> or an + <> that can be recursively dereferenced to + a commit object. + The following are all commit-ishes: + a commit object, + a <> that points to a commit + object, + a tag object that points to a tag object that points to a + commit object, + etc. + [[def_core_git]]core Git:: Fundamental data structures and utilities of Git. Exposes only limited source code management tools. -- 1.8.4