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Re: Git terminology: remote, add, track, stage, etc.

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Oct 27, 2010, 16:08 UTC
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Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu> writes:
> Matthieu has been working on a more comprehensive set of documentation
> patches
Right. I had missed your patches and our works overlapped.
> --which I'm pretty sure include all of the changes you just
> mentioned.
Not all:
>> > Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Consistently use the hyphenated "remote-tracking"

This (and other "synonyms" of remote-tracking) is addressed by my patch, but

>> > Subject: [PATCH] UI: Don't say "working directory" when we really
>> > mean "working tree"
this isn't.
-- 
Matthieu Moy
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Message 27 of 59 in “Git terminology: remote, add, track, stage, etc.”
  1. Thore HusfeldtOct 18, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederOct 18, 2010
  3. reset: accept "git reset <removed file>"Jonathan Nieder, Oct 18, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederOct 19, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederOct 19, 2010
  8. Sverre RabbelierOct 18, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2010
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 19, 2010
  11. Jonathan NiederOct 19, 2010
  12. Sverre RabbelierOct 19, 2010
  13. Thore HusfeldtOct 19, 2010
  14. User manual: "You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches"Jonathan Nieder, Oct 19, 2010
  15. Matthieu MoyOct 19, 2010
  16. Nicolas PitreOct 19, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2010
  18. 0/4 reset: be more flexible about <rev>Jonathan Nieder, Oct 19, 2010
  19. 1/4 reset -p: accept "git reset -p <tree>"Jonathan Nieder, Oct 19, 2010
  20. 2/4 reset: accept "git reset <tree> <path>"Jonathan Nieder, Oct 19, 2010
  21. 3/4 reset: accept "git reset -- <path>" from unborn branchJonathan Nieder, Oct 19, 2010
  22. 4/4 reset: accept "git reset HEAD <path>" from unborn branchJonathan Nieder, Oct 19, 2010
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2010
  24. Jonathan NiederOct 19, 2010
  25. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 27, 2010
  26. Drew NorthupOct 27, 2010
  27. Matthieu MoyOct 27, 2010
  28. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 28, 2010
  29. Matthieu MoyOct 28, 2010
  30. Matthieu MoyOct 18, 2010
  31. Miles BaderOct 19, 2010
  32. Wincent ColaiutaOct 19, 2010
  33. Miles BaderOct 19, 2010
  34. Wincent ColaiutaOct 19, 2010
  35. Eugene SajineOct 19, 2010
  36. Paul BolleOct 22, 2010
  37. Eugene SajineOct 22, 2010
  38. Drew NorthupOct 22, 2010
  39. Thore HusfeldtOct 20, 2010
  40. Matthieu MoyOct 20, 2010
  41. Drew NorthupOct 20, 2010
  42. Jakub NarebskiOct 18, 2010
  43. Matthijs KooijmanOct 19, 2010
  44. Jakub NarebskiOct 19, 2010
  45. Thore HusfeldtOct 19, 2010
  46. Jakub NarebskiOct 19, 2010
  47. Michael HaggertyOct 21, 2010
  48. Drew NorthupOct 21, 2010
  49. Thore HusfeldtOct 21, 2010
  50. Drew NorthupOct 21, 2010
  51. Thore HusfeldtOct 21, 2010
  52. Drew NorthupOct 21, 2010
  53. Miles BaderOct 22, 2010
  54. Drew NorthupOct 22, 2010
  55. Porcelain scripts: Rewrite cryptic "needs update" error messageRamkumar Ramachandra, Oct 19, 2010
  56. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 27, 2010
  57. Junio C HamanoNov 5, 2010
  58. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 12, 2011
  59. Drew NorthupOct 19, 2010

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