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Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] refs: Introduce pseudoref and per-worktree ref concepts

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2015, 21:13 UTC
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David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> writes:
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> Add glossary entries for both concepts.
>
> Pseudorefs and per-worktree refs do not yet have special handling,
> because the files refs backend already handles them correctly.  Later,
> we will make the LMDB backend call out to the files backend to handle
> per-worktree refs.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
> ---

Will do s/refs: I/refs: i/; on the subject, and squash the following in to make the doc-toolchain happy (they are reported as missing link targets), before pushing the results out on 'pu'.

Thanks.
 Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index ff14079..edae9f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ exclude;;
 	interface than the <<def_plumbing,plumbing>>.
 
 [[def_per_worktree_ref]]per-worktree ref::
-	Refs that are per-<<def_worktree,worktree>>, rather than
+	Refs that are per-<<def_working_tree,worktree>>, rather than
 	global.  This is presently only <<def_HEAD,HEAD>>, but might
 	later include other unusual refs.
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ exclude;;
 	like refs for the purposes of rev-parse, but which are treated
 	specially by git.  Psuedorefs both have names that are all-caps,
 	and always start with a line consisting of a
-	<<def_sha1,SHA-1>> followed by whitespace.  So, HEAD is not a
+	<<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> followed by whitespace.  So, HEAD is not a
 	pseudoref, because it is sometimes a symbolic ref.  They might
 	optionally contain some additional data.  `MERGE_HEAD` and
 	`CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` are examples.  Unlike
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Message 3 of 8 in “pseudorefs”
  1. 0/5 pseudorefsDavid Turner, Jul 29, 2015
  2. 1/5 refs: Introduce pseudoref and per-worktree ref conceptsDavid Turner, Jul 29, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2015
  4. Johan HerlandJul 30, 2015
  5. 2/5 refs: add ref_type functionDavid Turner, Jul 29, 2015
  6. 3/5 pseudorefs: create and use pseudoref update and delete functionsDavid Turner, Jul 29, 2015
  7. 4/5 bisect: use update_refDavid Turner, Jul 29, 2015
  8. 5/5 sequencer: replace write_cherry_pick_head with update_refDavid Turner, Jul 29, 2015

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