Re: [PATCH 04/10] Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 23, 2010, 18:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20101023184853.GH21040@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <1287851481-27952-5-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy wrote:

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> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
>  	you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
>  	<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
>  	revision. This will happen frequently on a
> -	<<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
> +	<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
>  	<<def_repository,repository>>.

Why not keep the anchor name, like so:

	<<def_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>>

(for brevity and to keep old links valid)?

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