From: Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:56:19 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/4] glossary: add commit graph description Message-ID: <32777cae24de91b0fb873ea04a802630ab85aafe.1657385781.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Philip Oakley Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index f3342a5ab69..a9e69949a4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ state in the Git history, by creating a new commit representing the current state of the <> and advancing <> to point at the new commit. +[[def_commit_graph]]commit graph:: + The commit-graph file is a supplemental data structure that + accelerates commit graph walks. The existing Object Data Base (ODB) + is the definitive commit graph. The "commit-graph" file is stored + either in the .git/objects/info directory or in the info directory + of an alternate object database. + [[def_commit_object]]commit object:: An <> which contains the information about a particular <>, such as <>, committer, -- gitgitgadget