From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:41:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Add a description for 'gitfile' to glossary
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In-Reply-To: <274664435.1090127.1359742284591.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail18.arcor-online.net>

Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> writes:

> 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