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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-01-20 22:43:27 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-01-20 22:43:28 +0300 |
| commit | 7e3e80a88181c99d33567c05fc865e26f971e954 (patch) | |
| tree | 91d5f781f63ac8847e534fc09a6537f0427734e8 /Documentation/glossary-content.txt | |
| parent | 5135d1c3d2a2c8c6c9701bd0cbcf57ce587f750d (diff) | |
| parent | 99487cf228ecba869d2f87f1b55f281fdd1342db (diff) | |
Merge branch 'ss/user-manual'
Drop a few old "todo" items by deciding that the change one of them
suggests is not such a good idea, and doing the change the other
one suggested to do.
* ss/user-manual:
user-manual: add addition gitweb information
user-manual: add section documenting shallow clones
glossary: define the term shallow clone
user-manual: remove temporary branch entry from todo list
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index e225974253..cafc284359 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -531,6 +531,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`. "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function. In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>. +[[def_shallow_clone]]shallow clone:: + Mostly a synonym to <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>> + but the phrase makes it more explicit that it was created by + running `git clone --depth=...` command. + [[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository:: A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete history some of whose <<def_commit,commits>> have <<def_parent,parents>> cauterized away (in other |