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Re: [RFD] Git glossary: 'branch' and 'head' description

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 17, 2006, 20:06 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> [cut long description]
>>
>> The description you gave is nice, but it belongs in Tutorial rather than 
>> in the Glossary.
> 
> I suspect I was not clear enough for you when I said:
> 
>         I cannot easily do a glossary entry to describe that specific
>         term, but maybe somebody else can split the following up and
>         paraphrase.

Maybe I should say that the description you gave is a nice source for eventual glossary entry, but I feel that as the whole is worth preserving in some tutorial text.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  1. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2006
  6. David KågedalMay 19, 2006
  7. Shawn PearceMay 19, 2006
  8. Daniel BarkalowMay 20, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2006
  10. Daniel BarkalowMay 20, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 20, 2006
  12. Shawn PearceMay 21, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiMay 21, 2006

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