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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2017, 23:04 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Stefan Beller wrote:
>
>> If I recall correctly, "worktree" is the feature/command, and
>> "working tree" is an instance in the file system, even when you only
>> have one working tree.
>
> I'm not sure I agree with this distinction.  "worktree" is just a
> short name for "working tree".
>
> Unfortunately gitglossary(7) doesn't make this clear at all --- it
> uses the term worktree a few times (and appears to mean "working tree"
> when it does --- e.g.
>
>         Pathspecs are used on the command line of [...] and many other
>         commands to limit the scope of operations to some subset of
>         the tree or worktree.
>
> ) but never defines it.
>

So maybe it's time to look for volunteers for a cleanup patch. ;) I tried finding the discussion on worktree vs "working tree" and did not succeed. :/

Maybe Duy has a better memory there.

Thanks, Stefan

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Message 23 of 53 in “git-prompt.sh: Full patch for submodule indicator”
  1. 0/4 git-prompt.sh: Full patch for submodule indicatorBenjamin Fuchs, Jan 30, 2017
  2. 3/4 git-prompt.sh: fix for submodule 'dirty' indicatorBenjamin Fuchs, Jan 30, 2017
  3. 4/4 git-prompt.sh: add tests for submodule indicatorBenjamin Fuchs, Jan 30, 2017
  4. SZEDER GáborJan 31, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2017
  6. Stefan BellerJan 31, 2017
  7. rev-parse: add --show-superproject-working-treeStefan Beller, Mar 7, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2017
  12. Stefan BellerMar 7, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2017
  14. [PATCHv2] rev-parse: add --show-superproject-working-treeStefan Beller, Mar 8, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  16. [PATCHv3] rev-parse: add --show-superproject-working-treeStefan Beller, Mar 8, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  18. [PATCHv4] rev-parse: add --show-superproject-working-treeStefan Beller, Mar 8, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  20. Jonathan NiederMar 17, 2017
  21. Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file systemStefan Beller, Mar 17, 2017
  22. Jonathan NiederMar 17, 2017
  23. Stefan BellerMar 17, 2017
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2017
  25. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2017
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2017
  27. Stefan BellerMar 20, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2017
  29. Jonathan NiederMar 20, 2017
  30. 0/2 use "working trees" instead of "worktree" in our APIStefan Beller, Mar 20, 2017
  31. 2/2 revparse: introduce --is-inside-working-treeStefan Beller, Mar 20, 2017
  32. Jonathan NiederMar 20, 2017
  33. 1/2 git.c: introduce --working-tree superseding --work-treeStefan Beller, Mar 20, 2017
  34. Jonathan NiederMar 20, 2017
  35. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2017
  36. Duy NguyenMar 21, 2017
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  38. Michael J GruberMar 23, 2017
  39. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017
  40. Duy NguyenMar 25, 2017
  41. Michael J GruberApr 7, 2017
  42. Jacob KellerApr 7, 2017
  43. Duy NguyenMar 25, 2017
  44. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  45. 2/4 git-prompt.sh: rework of submodule indicatorBenjamin Fuchs, Jan 30, 2017
  46. SZEDER GáborJan 31, 2017
  47. 1/4 git-prompt.sh: add submodule indicatorBenjamin Fuchs, Jan 30, 2017
  48. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2017
  49. Benjamin FuchsJan 31, 2017
  50. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2017
  51. Stefan BellerFeb 6, 2017
  52. Jacob KellerFeb 6, 2017
  53. Stefan BellerFeb 6, 2017

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