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Add dangling object and unreachable object in glossary.txt

From
Yasushi SHOJI <yashi@atmark-techno.com>
Date
Mar 4, 2007, 18:07 UTC
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<87649g991s.wl@mail2.atmark-techno.com>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0702261216380.12485@woody.linux-foundation.org>

--- Would it be worth to add these two entery in Documentation/glossary.txt?

English isn't my mother tang, so please check it.
-- 
         yashi



diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
index d20eb62..ee48009 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ DAG::
 	objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the
 	same object).
 
+dangling object::
+	An object which is a very special case of unreachable object;
+	it is not reachable from anything, including unreachable
+	objects.
+
 dircache::
 	You are *waaaaay* behind.
 
@@ -350,6 +355,9 @@ tag::
 unmerged index::
 	An index which contains unmerged index entries.
 
+unreachable object::
+	An object which is not reachable.
+
 working tree::
 	The set of files and directories currently being worked on,
 	i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all.
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  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2007
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  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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