From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 10:24:11 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] change ent to tree in git-diff documentation Message-ID: <7v1wsvnkj8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Matthias Lederhofer writes: > This is quite confusing for someone new to git who is not familiar > with the vocabulary used with git. I don't think a man page is the > right place for riddles :) > Additionaly I changed two times 'is' to 'are', I hope this is correct. I am not attached to at all, but I do not know if this is worth it. I suspect there are many other places you need to fix to make things consistent, and I think the first thing that should be touched is glossary.txt. ... goes "git grep -w ent", gets quite surprised and comes back ... Oops. I think you are right and I was wrong saying the above four lines. It is only git-diff.txt and glossay entry that talks about . Whoever coined (I do not remember anymore) do you mind this in addition to Matthias's patch? -- >8 -- Eradicate Technical documentation is not a place for riddles. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt index 116ddb7..14449ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ directory:: ent:: Favorite synonym to "tree-ish" by some total geeks. See `http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent_(Middle-earth)` for an in-depth - explanation. + explanation. Avoid this term, not to confuse people. fast forward:: A fast-forward is a special type of merge where you have