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Subject: [PATCH] More missing terms in glossary.txt

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 25, 2005, 14:24 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.63.0508251622360.6088@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Describe a DAG and octopus, and change wording of tree object.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/glossary.txt |   14 ++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
e077919262930f6ce494c963d23317eb2aaf0dd3
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -27,14 +27,20 @@ blob object::
 
 tree object::
 	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.
+	to the associated blob and/or tree objects. A tree is equivalent
+	to a directory.
 
 tree::
 	Either a working tree, or a tree object together with the
 	dependent blob and tree objects (i.e. a stored representation
 	of a working tree).
 
+DAG::
+	Directed acyclic graph. The commit objects form a directed acyclic
+	graph, because they have parents (directed), and the graph of commit
+	objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the
+	same object).
+
 index::
 	A collection of files with stat information, whose contents are
 	stored as objects. The cache is a stored version of your working
@@ -142,6 +148,10 @@ merge::
 	merge uses heuristics to accomplish that. Evidently, an automatic
 	merge can fail.
 
+octopus::
+	To merge more than two branches. Also denotes an intelligent
+	predator.
+
 resolve::
 	The action of fixing up manually what a failed automatic merge
 	left behind.
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  1. Johannes SchindelinAug 25, 2005

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