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Re: Orphan branch not well-defined?

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
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Nov 24, 2023, 02:27 UTC
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On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 9:03 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> +[[def_orphan]]orphan::
> +       The act of becoming on an <<def_unborn,unborn>> branch.
s/on an/an/
> +       After such an operation, the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> points at a
> +       <<def_branch,branch>> that does not yet exist, and the
> +       commit first created from such a state becomes a root
> +       commit, starting a new history.
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  2. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2023
  3. Chris TorekNov 22, 2023
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  6. Eric SunshineNov 24, 2023
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