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Re: [PATCH 5/6] Add a description for 'gitfile' to glossary

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 1, 2013, 18:41 UTC
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Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> writes:
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> Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> index 7c15bc0..ddf2f66 100644
> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ to point at the new commit.
>  [[def_git_archive]]Git archive::
>  	Synonym for <<def_repository,repository>> (for arch people).
>  
> +[[def_gitfile]]gitfile::
> +	A `.git` file which points to a `$GIT_DIR` (used for Git submodules).
> +

It is more like 'used by' ;-) People are free to write their Porcelain system that uses this mechanism.

>  [[def_grafts]]grafts::
>  	Grafts enables two otherwise different lines of development to be joined
>  	together by recording fake ancestry information for commits. This way
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Message 34 of 49 in “Aw: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'”
  1. Thomas AckermannJan 20, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  3. 0/6 GIT, Git, gitThomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  4. 1/6 Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  5. 2/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  6. Aw: [PATCH v2 0/6] GIT, Git, gitThomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  7. 0/6 GIT, Git, gitThomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  8. 1/6 Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  10. Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 22, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  12. 2/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  18. 3/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  21. David AguilarJan 23, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  23. Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Jan 23, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  25. Aw: Re: Aw: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  26. 1/6 fixup! fixup! Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #2Thomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  27. 2/6 fixup! fixup! fixup! Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #1Thomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  28. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  30. 3/6 fixup! Documentation: avoid poor-man's small capsThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  32. 4/6 Fix places where 'Git' should be 'gitThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  33. 5/6 Add a description for 'gitfile' to glossaryThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  36. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  37. 6/6 Use consistent links for User Manual and Everyday Git; Fix a quoting errorThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  39. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  41. Aw: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Use consistent links for User Manual and Everyday Git; Fix a quoting errorThomas Ackermann, Feb 1, 2013
  42. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2013
  43. 4/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #3Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  44. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  45. 5/6 Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #4Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  46. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  47. 6/6 Add rule for when to use 'git' and when to use 'Git'Thomas Ackermann, Jan 21, 2013
  48. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  49. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013

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