Re: [PATCH] glossary: improve "branch" definition

[Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So, what do we finally do? Just remove "active", or replace it with
>> "separate"?
>> ...
>> It's fine with me either way. Will you just fix it yourself, or should I
>> re-roll if "separate" is not accepted?
>
> Let's see ... gitster goes and looks for what he suggested ...
>
>     So, I dunno.  I'd say just settling on the simplest "is a line of
>     development" would be the easiest path for now.
>
> I've queued the following.

Nice, thanks!

-- Sergey

>
> Thanks for pinging a stalled thread.
>
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> From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:05:51 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] glossary: improve "branch" definition
>
> The old phrasing is at least questionable, if not wrong, as there are
> a lot of branches out there that didn't see active development for
> years, yet they are still branches, ready to become active again any
> time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
>
> Notes (amlog):
>     Message-Id: <87blfnhm8w.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
>
>  Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> index 090c888335..67c7a50b96 100644
> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
>  	Untyped <<def_object,object>>, e.g. the contents of a file.
>  
>  [[def_branch]]branch::
> -	A "branch" is an active line of development.  The most recent
> +	A "branch" is a line of development.  The most recent
>  	<<def_commit,commit>> on a branch is referred to as the tip of
>  	that branch.  The tip of the branch is referenced by a branch
>  	<<def_head,head>>, which moves forward as additional development