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Re: What are branches?

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 20, 2009, 18:59 UTC
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Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> writes:
> If you go out, and look at a tree lit-up by the evil daystar, branches
> start at the trunk and end at their tip. The trunk isn't part of the
> branch.  [...]

Well, you have to remember that the 'branch' metaphor should not be taken too literaly; take for example merges which do not have equivalent in a tree build.

But if we are talking about literal branches: take a closer loog at the tip of tree (plant) branch. You can find growong tip there (apical meristem) where new cells grow. In Git you have 'branches' (branch heads) where you create new commits...

But I agree that there isn't for example true notion of 'trunk' in git, and this is what allows Git to be truly distributed...

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Jakub Narebski
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  1. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2009
  2. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  3. Tuncer AyazApr 19, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2009
  5. Tuncer AyazApr 19, 2009
  6. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  7. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2009
  8. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2009
  10. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  12. Marius VollmerApr 20, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2009
  14. Dmitry PotapovApr 21, 2009
  15. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  16. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2009
  17. Jakub NarebskiApr 20, 2009
  18. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2009
  19. Jakub NarebskiApr 24, 2009
  20. Björn SteinbrinkApr 24, 2009
  21. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  23. Michał KiedrowiczApr 20, 2009
  24. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  25. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2009
  26. Brian GernhardtApr 20, 2009
  27. Felipe ContrerasApr 25, 2009
  28. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2009

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