Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify glossary definition of "reachable"
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- J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
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- Jan 8, 2007, 03:28 UTC
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On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:44:01PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> That is better but the description is too commit centric. > > The set of reachable objects from a tag is the tag > itself and the set of reachable objects from the object > it tags. The set of reachable objects from a commit is > the commit itself, and the set of reachable objects from > its parents and its tree. The set of reachable objects > from a tree is the tree itself, and the set of reachable > objects from the trees and blobs contained within it. > The set of reachable objects from a blob is the blob > itself. > > And that description is too verbose and too technical > (definition being recursive). Better rewording?
Oops, you're right! Take two: (I'm still giving the commit case first as a special example, because I think it's the most important case, and because it requires less knowledge to understand.)
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From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 19:25:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] Documentation: clarify definition of "reachable"
Clarify definition of "reachable" (what chain?)
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> --- Documentation/glossary.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index 7c1a659..cd61aa2 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -235,8 +235,11 @@ push:: local head, the push fails. reachable:: - An object is reachable from a ref/commit/tree/tag, if there is a - chain leading from the latter to the former. + All of the ancestors of a given commit are said to be reachable from + that commit. More generally, one object is reachable from another if + we can reach the one from the other by a chain that follows tags to + whatever they tag, commits to their parents or trees, and trees to the + trees or blobs that they contain. rebase:: To clean a branch by starting from the head of the main line of
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