Re: Worktree vs. working copy

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 20, 2011, 10:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8AtO3EhgscLVjmqzyRAo+Q=d7ABg0VaJ4N7oqCpmKVzuA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E786D7A.8020503@alum.mit.edu>

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

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> On 09/20/2011 09:50 AM, Carlos Martín Nieto wrote:
>> I've noticed that in some places in git.git, the term 'working copy' is
>> used. Mostly it's in git-cvsserver which I guess it's fine, but the
>> git-config man page talks about the 'working copy' in three places.
>>
>>     $ git grep 'worktree' | wc -l
>>     412
>>     $ git grep 'working copy' | grep -v ^git-cvsserver |  wc -l
>>     32
>
> Please note that the string "worktree" mostly appears in code
> (presumably as variable names) and in the names of options.  In text,
> "working tree" is far more common..

And probably the oldest. It was mentioned in the first version of git glossary back in 2005, da13981, [PATCH] Add GIT glossary.

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Duy