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Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] glossary: remove outdated/misleading/irrelevant entries

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 15, 2013, 18:14 UTC
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Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> writes:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
> ---
Looks sensible.  Thanks.
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>  Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 11 +----------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> index eb7ba84..5a7a486 100644
> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ to point at the new commit.
>  	an arbitrary <<def_commit,commit>> that isn't necessarily the tip of any
>  	particular branch.  In this case HEAD is said to be "detached".
>  
> -[[def_dircache]]dircache::
> -	You are *waaaaay* behind. See <<def_index,index>>.
> -
>  [[def_directory]]directory::
>  	The list you get with "ls" :-)
>  
> @@ -115,11 +112,6 @@ to point at the new commit.
>  	it contains modifications which have not been <<def_commit,committed>> to the current
>  	<<def_branch,branch>>.
>  
> -[[def_ent]]ent::
> -	Favorite synonym to "<<def_tree-ish,tree-ish>>" by some total geeks. See
> -	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent_(Middle-earth) for an in-depth
> -	explanation. Avoid this term, not to confuse people.
> -
>  [[def_evil_merge]]evil merge::
>  	An evil merge is a <<def_merge,merge>> that introduces changes that
>  	do not appear in any <<def_parent,parent>>.
> @@ -257,8 +249,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
>  	<<def_object,object>>.
>  
>  [[def_octopus]]octopus::
> -	To <<def_merge,merge>> more than two <<def_branch,branches>>. Also denotes an
> -	intelligent predator.
> +	To <<def_merge,merge>> more than two <<def_branch,branches>>.
>  
>  [[def_origin]]origin::
>  	The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
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  1. 0/4 Some small fixes to glossary-content.txtThomas Ackermann, Apr 15, 2013
  2. 1/4 glossary: remove outdated/misleading/irrelevant entriesThomas Ackermann, Apr 15, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  4. 2/4 glossary: improve description of SHA-1 related topicsThomas Ackermann, Apr 15, 2013
  5. 3/4 The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1"Thomas Ackermann, Apr 15, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  7. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  8. 4/4 glossary: improve definitions of refspec and pathspecThomas Ackermann, Apr 15, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  10. Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] glossary: improve definitions of refspec and pathspecThomas Ackermann, Apr 15, 2013

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