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Re: Isn't "dangling" a misnomer?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 26, 2007, 20:03 UTC
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"Mike Coleman" <tutufan@gmail.com> writes:
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> What about an alternative term like "orphaned" or "unreferenced"?  The
> former is a bit more suggestive, but unfortunately might be confusing
> since the terms like ancestors, parents, etc., are already being used
> to talk about commit trees, which really is an orthogonal topic.  The
> latter term seems like it would work, though it does sound a bit
> sterile.

We seem to use the word "unreachable" to refer to them. E.g. fsck and prune do "reachability analysis".

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Message 3 of 7 in “Isn't "dangling" a misnomer?”
  1. Mike ColemanFeb 26, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 26, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsFeb 26, 2007
  5. Add dangling object and unreachable object in glossary.txtYasushi SHOJI, Mar 4, 2007
  6. Josef SipekMar 4, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2007

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