kernel
/
git
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

Fixed a formulation mistake in Documentation/user-manual.txt 

This one fixes a small formulation weirdness in
Documentation/user-manual.txt

Signed-off-by: Marcus Fritzsch <m@fritschy.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
maint
Marcus Fritzsch 2007-07-06 09:02:20 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 46f74f007b
commit 483891810c
1 changed files with 7 additions and 7 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

14
Documentation/user-manual.txt
View File

@ -2957,13 +2957,13 @@ developed. If you blow the directory cache away entirely, you generally
haven't lost any information as long as you have the name of the tree haven't lost any information as long as you have the name of the tree
that it described. that it described.


At the same time, the index is at the same time also the At the same time, the index is also the staging area for creating
staging area for creating new trees, and creating a new tree always new trees, and creating a new tree always involves a controlled
involves a controlled modification of the index file. In particular, modification of the index file. In particular, the index file can
the index file can have the representation of an intermediate tree that have the representation of an intermediate tree that has not yet been
has not yet been instantiated. So the index can be thought of as a instantiated. So the index can be thought of as a write-back cache,
write-back cache, which can contain dirty information that has not yet which can contain dirty information that has not yet been written back
been written back to the backing store. to the backing store.