[PATCH] glossary: add "remote" and "submodule"
Noticed-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index bf383c2..e303135 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
<<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote
<<def_ref,ref>> and local ref.
+[[def_remote]]remote repository::
+ A <<def_repository,repository>> which is used to track the same
+ project but resides somewhere else. To communicate with remotes,
+ see <<def_fetch,fetch>> or <<def_push,push>>.
+
[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
A <<def_ref,ref>> that is used to follow changes from another
<<def_repository,repository>>. It typically looks like
@@ -515,6 +520,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
is created by giving the `--depth` option to linkgit:git-clone[1], and
its history can be later deepened with linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+[[def_submodule]]submodule::
+ A <<def_repository,repository>> inside another repository. The two
+ repositories have different history, though the outer repository
+ knows the commit of the inner repository.
+
[[def_symref]]symref::
Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>>
id itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>