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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt index 90c9760c23..2c26e95e51 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Git Commit Graph Design Notes +Git Commit-Graph Design Notes ============================= Git walks the commit graph for many reasons, including: @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ There are two main costs here: The commit-graph file is a supplemental data structure that accelerates commit graph walks. If a user downgrades or disables the 'core.commitGraph' -config setting, then the existing ODB is sufficient. The file is stored +config setting, then the existing object database is sufficient. The file is stored as "commit-graph" either in the .git/objects/info directory or in the info directory of an alternate. @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ with default order), but is not used when the topological order is required (such as merge base calculations, "git log --graph"). In practice, we expect some commits to be created recently and not stored -in the commit graph. We can treat these commits as having "infinite" +in the commit-graph. We can treat these commits as having "infinite" generation number and walk until reaching commits with known generation number. @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Design Details - Commit grafts and replace objects can change the shape of the commit history. The latter can also be enabled/disabled on the fly using - `--no-replace-objects`. This leads to difficultly storing both possible + `--no-replace-objects`. This leads to difficulty storing both possible interpretations of a commit id, especially when computing generation numbers. The commit-graph will not be read or written when replace-objects or grafts are present. @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Design Details helpful for these clones, anyway. The commit-graph will not be read or written when shallow commits are present. -Commit Graphs Chains +Commit-Graphs Chains -------------------- Typically, repos grow with near-constant velocity (commits per day). Over time, |