git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] glossary: add definitions for dereference & peel

From
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date
Nov 10, 2023, 08:28 UTC
Message-ID
<39db75f3-1496-49fc-a346-010ff8ef093c@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<pull.1610.git.1699574277143.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On Fri, Nov 10, 2023, at 00:57, Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget wrote:
Show 5 quoted lines
> +[[def_peel]]peel::
> +	Synonym for object <<def_dereference,dereference>>. Most commonly used
> +	in the context of tags, where it refers to the process of recursively
> +	dereferencing a <<def_tag_object,tag object>> until the result object's
> +	<<def_object_type,type>> is something other than "tag".

As a user I like that this is classified as a synonym. Because if I wanted to ask StackOverflow about how to get to the commit that a tag points to then I would use the term “dereference a tag”.

-- 
Kristoffer Haugsbakk
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
Message 4 of 6 in “glossary: add definitions for dereference & peel”
  1. glossary: add definitions for dereference & peelVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 9, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2023
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkNov 10, 2023
  5. glossary: add definitions for dereference & peelVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 13, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2023

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.