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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] glossary: update description of "tag"
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:52:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1308847958-3429-4-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308847958-3429-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

It is an unimportant implementation detail that ref namespaces are
implemented as subdirectories of $GIT_DIR/refs. What is more important
is that tags are in refs/tags hierarchy in the ref namespace.

Also note that a tag can point at an object of arbitrary type, not limited
to commit.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/glossary-content.txt |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 33716a3..c437f34 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -427,14 +427,14 @@ including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg.
 	command.
 
 [[def_tag]]tag::
-	A <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to a <<def_tag_object,tag>> or
-	<<def_commit_object,commit object>>. In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>,
-	a tag is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not
-	<<def_tag_object,tag objects>>) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A
-	git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp tag (which would be
-	called an <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A
-	tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the
-	commit ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>.
+	A <<def_ref,ref>> under `refs/tags/` namespace that points to an
+	object of an arbitrary type (typically a tag points to either a
+	<<def_tag_object,tag>> or a <<def_commit_object,commit object>>).
+	In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>, a tag is not updated by
+	 the `commit` command. A git tag has nothing to do with	a Lisp
+	tag (which would be called an <<def_object_type,object type>>
+	in git's context). A tag is most typically used to mark a particular
+	point in the commit ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>.
 
 [[def_tag_object]]tag object::
 	An <<def_object,object>> containing a <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to
-- 
1.7.6.rc3

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-06-23 16:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-23  4:45 [PATCH] git-remote.txt: fix wrong remote refspec Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23  5:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23  6:17   ` Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23  8:12     ` [PATCH v2] " Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23 15:33   ` [PATCH] " Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:03     ` Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23 16:52     ` [PATCH 0/5] Clarify "refs" Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:52       ` [PATCH 1/5] check-ref-format doc: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 22:14         ` Eric Sunshine
2011-06-23 16:52       ` [PATCH 2/5] git.txt: " Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:52       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2011-06-23 22:19         ` [PATCH 3/5] glossary: update description of "tag" Eric Sunshine
2011-06-23 16:52       ` [PATCH 4/5] glossary: update description of head and ref Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:52       ` [PATCH 5/5] glossary: clarify description of HEAD Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 17:06         ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2011-06-23 17:12           ` Junio C Hamano

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