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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::
objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the
same object). 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:: dircache::
You are *waaaaay* behind. You are *waaaaay* behind.


@ -350,6 +355,10 @@ tag::
unmerged index:: unmerged index::
An index which contains unmerged index entries. 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:: working tree::
The set of files and directories currently being worked on, The set of files and directories currently being worked on,
i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all. i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all.

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