From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Hansen Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] glossary: define commit-ish (a.k.a. committish) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:04:29 -0400 Message-ID: <1378321474-7125-3-git-send-email-rhansen@bbn.com> References: <1378321474-7125-1-git-send-email-rhansen@bbn.com> Cc: Richard Hansen To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 04 21:05:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VHIO4-0002I5-Hc for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:05:08 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760048Ab3IDTE7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:04:59 -0400 Received: from smtp.bbn.com ([128.33.1.81]:13123 "EHLO smtp.bbn.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932631Ab3IDTE6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:04:58 -0400 Received: from socket.bbn.com ([192.1.120.102]:59577) by smtp.bbn.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1VHINo-000338-C9; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:04:52 -0400 X-Submitted: to socket.bbn.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 362A04004A X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.4 In-Reply-To: <1378321474-7125-1-git-send-email-rhansen@bbn.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 0273095..47e901e 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ to point at the new commit. to the top <> of the stored revision. +[[def_commit-ish]]commit-ish (also committish):: + A <> or an + <> that can be recursively dereferenced to + a commit object. + The following are all commit-ishes: + a commit object, + a <> that points to a commit + object, + a tag object that points to a tag object that points to a + commit object, + etc. + [[def_core_git]]core Git:: Fundamental data structures and utilities of Git. Exposes only limited source code management tools. -- 1.8.4