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<<def_revision,revision>> control. That is, all of the `git` |
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administrative and control files that would normally be present in the |
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hidden `.git` sub-directory are directly present in the |
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`<<def_repository,repository>>.git` <<def_directory,directory>> instead, |
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`repository.git` directory instead, |
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and no other files are present and checked out. Usually publishers of |
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public repositories make bare repositories available. |
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[[def_branch]]branch:: |
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A non-cyclical graph of revisions, i.e. the complete history of a |
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particular <<def_revision,revision>>, which is called the |
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<<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>. The <<def_branch,branch>> heads |
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branch <<def_head,head>>. The heads |
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are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. |
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[[def_cache]]cache:: |
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together by recording fake ancestry information for commits. This way |
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you can make git pretend the set of parents a <<def_commit,commit>> has |
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is different from what was recorded when the <<def_commit,commit>> was |
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created. Configured via the `.git/info/<<def_grafts,grafts>>` file. |
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created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file. |
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[[def_hash]]hash:: |
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In git's context, synonym to <<def_object_name,object name>>. |
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[[def_object_type]]object type:: |
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One of the identifiers |
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"<<def_commit,commit>>","<<def_tree,tree>>","<<def_tag,tag>>" and "blob" |
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"<<def_commit,commit>>","<<def_tree,tree>>","<<def_tag,tag>>" or "<<def_blob_object,blob>>" |
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describing the type of an <<def_object,object>>. |
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[[def_octopus]]octopus:: |
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at least one upstream project which they track. By default |
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'<<def_origin,origin>>' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates |
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will be fetched into remote tracking branches named |
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<<def_origin,origin>>/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using |
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origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using |
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"git <<def_branch,branch>> -r". |
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[[def_pack]]pack:: |
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<<def_reachable,reachable>> from that <<def_commit,commit>>. More |
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generally, one <<def_object,object>> is <<def_reachable,reachable>> from |
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another if we can reach the one from the other by a <<def_chain,chain>> |
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that follows tags to whatever they <<def_tag,tag>>, commits to their |
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parents or trees, and trees to the trees or blobs that they contain. |
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that follows <<def_tag,tags>> to whatever they tag, |
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<<def_commit_object,commits>> to their parents or trees, and |
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<<def_tree_object,trees>> to the trees or <<def_blob_object,blobs>> |
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that they contain. |
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[[def_rebase]]rebase:: |
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To <<def_clean,clean>> a <<def_branch,branch>> by starting from the |
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<<def_head,head>> of the main line of development |
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("<<def_master,master>>"), and reapply the (possibly cherry-picked) |
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changes from that <<def_branch,branch>>. |
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To reapply a series of changes from a <<def_branch,branch>> to a |
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different base, and reset the <<def_head,head>> of that branch |
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to the result. |
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[[def_ref]]ref:: |
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A 40-byte hex representation of a <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> or a name that |
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<<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote <<def_ref,ref>> |
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and local <<def_ref,ref>>. They are combined with a colon in the format |
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<src>:<dst>, preceded by an optional plus sign, +. For example: `git |
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<<def_fetch,fetch>> $URL |
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refs/heads/<<def_master,master>>:refs/heads/<<def_origin,origin>>` means |
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"grab the <<def_master,master>> <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>> |
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from the $URL and store it as my <<def_origin,origin>> |
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fetch $URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin` means |
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"grab the master <<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>> |
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from the $URL and store it as my origin |
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<<def_branch,branch>> <<def_head,head>>". And `git <<def_push,push>> |
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$URL refs/heads/<<def_master,master>>:refs/heads/to-upstream` means |
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"publish my <<def_master,master>> <<def_branch,branch>> |
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$URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/to-upstream` means |
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"publish my master <<def_branch,branch>> |
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<<def_head,head>> as to-upstream <<def_branch,branch>> at $URL". See |
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also gitlink:git-push[1] |
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[[def_repository]]repository:: |
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A collection of refs together with an <<def_object_database,object |
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database>> containing all objects, which are <<def_reachable,reachable>> |
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database>> containing all objects which are <<def_reachable,reachable>> |
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from the refs, possibly accompanied by meta data from one or more |
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porcelains. A <<def_repository,repository>> can share an |
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<<def_object_database,object database>> with other repositories. |
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object>>). This is sometimes useful when you are interested only in the |
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recent history of a project even though the real history recorded in the |
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upstream is much larger. A <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>> |
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is created by giving `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and its |
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history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1]. |
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is created by giving the `--depth` option to gitlink:git-clone[1], and |
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its history can be later deepened with gitlink:git-fetch[1]. |
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[[def_symref]]symref:: |
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Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> id |
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itself, it is of the format '<<def_ref,ref>>: refs/some/thing' and when |
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itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when |
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referenced, it recursively dereferences to this reference. 'HEAD' is a |
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prime example of a <<def_symref,symref>>. Symbolic references are |
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manipulated with the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1] command. |
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[[def_tag]]tag:: |
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A <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to a <<def_tag,tag>> or |
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<<def_commit_object,commit object>>. In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>, |
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a <<def_tag,tag>> is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not |
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<<def_tag,tag>> objects) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A git |
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<<def_tag,tag>> has nothing to do with a Lisp <<def_tag,tag>> (which is |
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called <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A |
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<<def_tag,tag>> is most typically used to mark a particular point in the |
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a tag is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not |
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<<def_tag_object,tag objects>>) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A |
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git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp tag (which would be |
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called an <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A |
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tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the |
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<<def_commit,commit>> ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>. |
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[[def_tag_object]]tag object:: |
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[[def_tree_object]]tree object:: |
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An <<def_object,object>> containing a list of file names and modes along |
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with refs to the associated blob and/or <<def_tree,tree>> objects. A |
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with refs to the associated blob and/or tree objects. A |
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<<def_tree,tree>> is equivalent to a <<def_directory,directory>>. |
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[[def_tree-ish]]tree-ish:: |
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<<def_tree_object,tree object>>. |
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[[def_unmerged_index]]unmerged index:: |
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An <<def_index,index>> which contains <<def_unmerged_index,unmerged |
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index>> entries. |
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An <<def_index,index>> which contains unmerged |
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<<def_index_entry,index entries>>. |
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[[def_unreachable_object]]unreachable object:: |
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An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a |
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