Re: [PATCH] glossary: describe "worktree"

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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>

Date

Feb 10, 2022, 14:40 UTC

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On 2/9/2022 9:19 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> We have description on "per worktree ref", but "worktree" is not
> described in the glossary.  We do have "working tree", though.

>  * Mostly unchanged from the version in the original discussion
>    https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqo83hatm1.fsf@gitster.g/ except
>    that we now mention that pseudorefs are also per worktree.

This version looks good to me! Thanks.

>    One thing that makes me worried somewhat is what I did not touch,
>    namely, how pseudo refs are defined.  I know MERGE_HEAD is very
>    special and it may be impossible to coax it into refs API for
>    writing, so the text there makes sense for it, but there are
>    other all-caps-and-directly-under-dot-git-directory files like
>    ORIG_HEAD and CHERRY_PICK_HEAD that are written using the refs
>    API, so the description would have to be updated there.