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glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objects

Define "dangling" and "unreachable" objects.  Modified from original
text proposed by Yasushi Shoji.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Yasushi SHOJI 18 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ DAG:: @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ DAG::
objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the
same object).

dangling object::
An unreachable object which is not reachable even from other
unreachable objects; a dangling object has no references to it
from any reference or object in the repository.

dircache::
You are *waaaaay* behind.

@ -350,6 +355,10 @@ tag:: @@ -350,6 +355,10 @@ tag::
unmerged index::
An index which contains unmerged index entries.

unreachable object::
An object which is not reachable from a branch, tag, or any
other reference.

working tree::
The set of files and directories currently being worked on,
i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all.

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