X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fglossary-content.txt;h=1f029f8aa080c4de6323e8b4905a81fa7e8e2046;hb=2a16315031cf478601ea150f7861d4f86b1350a2;hp=572374f7a6ff17dd40ad687a2fda24d53f7d730b;hpb=011c181cc656c8b3e48882729d1b6238e8c5c537;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 572374f7a..1f029f8aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ to point at the new commit. An evil merge is a <> that introduces changes that do not appear in any <>. -[[def_fast_forward]]fast forward:: +[[def_fast_forward]]fast-forward:: A fast-forward is a special type of <> where you have a <> and you are "merging" another <>'s changes that happen to be a descendant of what @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ to point at the new commit. conflict, manual intervention may be required to complete the merge. + -As a noun: unless it is a <>, a +As a noun: unless it is a <>, a successful merge results in the creation of a new <> representing the result of the merge, and having as <> the tips of the merged <>. @@ -456,6 +456,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'". [[def_working_tree]]working tree:: - The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is - normally equal to the <> plus any local changes - that you have made but not yet committed. + The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree normally + contains the contents of the <> commit's tree, + plus any local changes that you have made but not yet committed.