From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABC01D26B for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:29:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=khaugsbakk.name header.i=@khaugsbakk.name header.b="X55LMiXl"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="lQ8dWKQk" Received: from wout5-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout5-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.21]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B60FE9EDA for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:29:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E633F3200AC7; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:29:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from imap49 ([10.202.2.99]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:29:15 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=khaugsbakk.name; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type :date:date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id :mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm2; t=1699604954; x=1699691354; bh=Yvt+7IbT0q334VnnCUKUC+zH7 bNb/BTUUFiP63OgM70=; b=X55LMiXl3w1xO284ppqgfHy2p5vXchGzYf4OdjXfq Eny6KnpVLlBWvmmolIQW2G0lJ+z9hptkITrhTbArOHBus2b8eomCHjYM/DZJKKcN MufbaN4nuWRahl7wVjPXO7zKmqLKtpCYjsO+2pyji05ITV+CMrPyqUZpPdZeYCuE /jAwaZ+kQxeOTB+EMUdlsrDNcV6SzwIltOPgYxbOSAx9pCdlAk/PufgyOVVR0FWQ p5naGNDsLqVDmWrPRhIA1T2eATTemztL6mlwImt1XHOkZVcNDGK7Ls6YT3+/cDnR 4qeVxeTVK5W2dO0VlbBi3951T1x/Go9aVrFUIk+YDclOg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t= 1699604954; x=1699691354; bh=Yvt+7IbT0q334VnnCUKUC+zH7bNb/BTUUFi P63OgM70=; b=lQ8dWKQk7BIZ5FBGSnmXZ1dsclnbDku7e0ZOKWxphGDimsDniLK purPr5jL6D6abj4dybnsdIaCvtfFv9lmA0Oryo5zqszTuYseZw1eLWua6bwmkx7U u8475+6ydJIjFz1AYH4l4l9Nb6JkBP5bDjUtt9JhTJMRpj3xxYnPrGDOzrF3Xaes uGwRd/Pt/FUOGfQineFAMt3tQpQm56LiHN7WGXg4pTjC4mhe3wmUbJ7+c0d0RqHy YzE0wjPIJtuf6fiaJ0FDs3UwcOeYSqsaRimk1Alw9QyF26YbXq09Su4GS6UQeqhT lxwdxtM1JrjAcAwtv/TQBCGYEjJSpe0ntfg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvkedruddvvddguddukecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvvefutgfgsehtqhertderreejnecuhfhrohhmpedf mfhrihhsthhofhhfvghrucfjrghughhssggrkhhkfdcuoegtohguvgeskhhhrghughhssg grkhhkrdhnrghmvgeqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepvdevheeiudefheffvdetueevkeeh hfeliefgkedtieefudetueehueeftefffedunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenuc frrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheptghouggvsehkhhgruhhgshgsrghkkhdrnhgrmhgv X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i2671468f:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 26D0715A0091; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:29:14 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.9.0-alpha0-1108-g3a29173c6d-fm-20231031.005-g3a29173c Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <39db75f3-1496-49fc-a346-010ff8ef093c@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:28:53 +0100 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Josh Soref" Cc: "Patrick Steinhardt" , "Victoria Dye" , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] glossary: add definitions for dereference & peel Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 10, 2023, at 00:57, Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget wrote: > +[[def_peel]]peel:: > + Synonym for object <>. Most commonly us= ed > + in the context of tags, where it refers to the process of recursively > + dereferencing a <> until the result objec= t's > + <> is something other than "tag". As a user I like that this is classified as a synonym. Because if I want= ed to ask StackOverflow about how to get to the commit that a tag points to then I would use the term =E2=80=9Cdereference a tag=E2=80=9D. --=20 Kristoffer Haugsbakk