From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:04:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kaL=mHsqURqrnUMav8W=Hr960PHw6WDoBncVZA4AjmsJA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170317225532.GR26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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