From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:53:15 GMT
Subject: Re: git-format-patch + git-applymbox small issue
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0508172151390.17234@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vll30wejs.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Marco Costalba <mcostalba@yahoo.it> writes:
> 
> > So 'revision' is the struct and 'commit object' the pointer ;-)
> 
> It would be more like "revision" is a concept represented (not
> "referenced") by a commit object.

Actually, I think it is "referenced", because the commit object contains a 
little metadata, and then only refs (pointers).

> Agreed.  I personally think the word "archive" on this list came
> from people who have some degree of tla background.  CVS and SVN
> people would have said repository.

I'll add it anyway.

Ciao,
Dscho