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On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 16:31, David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
>
>
>> However, a discussion of blobs, trees, commits, objects, and
>> references isn't necessarily low-level. It seems to me that it is a
>> high-level understanding of the git world. Without those
>> *definitions*, people are left to their own wrong, inconsistent
>> thoughts.
>
> 1000% agreed.

I think this is a case in point:

    http://marc.info/?l=git&m=124052299832318&w=2