Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: datamodel: link to the glossary

["Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca>]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026, at 7:32 AM, kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com wrote:
> From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
>
> We linked from the glossary to the data model page in the last commit.
> It can also be useful to link the other way for readers who might want
> to reference more terminology.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
> ---
>
> Notes (series):
>     v1:
>     But: maybe the See Also link is enough here?
>    
>     > a comprehensive terminology reference
>    
>     This is descriptive or aspirational. Either works.
>
>  Documentation/gitdatamodel.adoc | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitdatamodel.adoc b/Documentation/gitdatamodel.adoc
> index dcfdff0346f..d588630e633 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitdatamodel.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/gitdatamodel.adoc
> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Git's core operations use 4 kinds of data:
>  3. <<index,The index>>, also known as the staging area
>  4. <<reflogs,Reflogs>>: logs of changes to references ("ref log")
> 
> +See linkgit:gitglossary[7] for a comprehensive terminology reference.

I'd prefer to put this in SEE ALSO instead. 
Also "comprehensive terminology reference" might be a bit aspirational
like you say. Maybe just "terminology reference"?

Thanks for adding these links! 

- Julia