Describe a DAG and octopus, and change wording of tree object.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Documentation/glossary.txt | 14 ++++++++++++--
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@@ -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.
Johannes Schindelin