From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:56:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] documentation: replace Discussion section by link to user-manual chapter Message-ID: <20070916015606.GA5118@fieldses.org> In-Reply-To: <46E45F45.3040109@op5.se> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 11:01:57PM +0200, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > J. Bruce Fields wrote: >> + >> +A git project normally consists of a working directory with a ".git" >> +subdirectory at the top level. The .git directory contains, among other >> +things, a compressed object database representing the complete history >> +of the project, a set of pointers into that history ("refs") > > ... into that history ("refs" - branches and tags) I slept on it and took another look, and decided you were right; this is what I have there now: A git project normally consists of a working directory with a ".git" subdirectory at the top level. The .git directory contains, among other things, a compressed object database representing the complete history of the project, an "index" file which links that history to the current contents of the working tree, and named pointers into that history such as tags and branch heads. --b.