[PATCH 2/3] Improve description of SHA1 related topics in glossary-content.txt
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
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Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index ab02238..05bfebc 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
[[def_hash]]hash::
- In Git's context, synonym to <<def_object_name,object name>>.
+ In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
[[def_head]]head::
A <<def_ref,named reference>> to the <<def_commit,commit>> at the tip of a
@@ -230,10 +230,9 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
Synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
[[def_object_name]]object name::
- The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>. The <<def_hash,hash>>
- of the object's contents using the Secure Hash Algorithm
- 1 and usually represented by the 40 character hexadecimal encoding of
- the <<def_hash,hash>> of the object.
+ The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>: The <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> hash
+ of the object's contents. The object name is usually represented by the
+ 40 character hexadecimal encoding of the hash value.
[[def_object_type]]object type::
One of the identifiers "<<def_commit_object,commit>>",
@@ -426,7 +425,8 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec.
Source code management (tool).
[[def_SHA1]]SHA1::
- Synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
+ "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function.
+ In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
[[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository::
A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete
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1.8.1.msysgit.1
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Thomas
Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>