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Re: Subject: [PATCH] Updates to glossary

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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date
Aug 18, 2005, 21:17 UTC
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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>  tree object::
> -	An object containing a list of blob and/or tree objects.
> -	(A tree usually corresponds to a directory without
> -	subdirectories).
> +	An object containing a list of file names and modes along with refs
> +	to the associated blob and/or tree objects. A tree object is
> +	equivalent to a directory.

Actually, it contains object names, not refs, to be completely precise. (refs would imply an additional indirection.)

	-Daniel
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