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* sb/glossary-submodule:
  glossary: add "remote", "submodule", "superproject"
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Junio C Hamano 2015-06-16 14:33:51 -07:00
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@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
<<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote
<<def_ref,ref>> and local ref.
[[def_remote]]remote repository::
A <<def_repository,repository>> which is used to track the same
project but resides somewhere else. To communicate with remotes,
see <<def_fetch,fetch>> or <<def_push,push>>.
[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
A <<def_ref,ref>> that is used to follow changes from another
<<def_repository,repository>>. It typically looks like
@ -515,6 +520,17 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
is created by giving the `--depth` option to linkgit:git-clone[1], and
its history can be later deepened with linkgit:git-fetch[1].
[[def_submodule]]submodule::
A <<def_repository,repository>> that holds the history of a
separate project inside another repository (the latter of
which is called <<def_superproject, superproject>>).
[[def_superproject]]superproject::
A <<def_repository,repository>> that references repositories
of other projects in its working tree as <<def_submodule,submodules>>.
The superproject knows about the names of (but does not hold
copies of) commit objects of the contained submodules.
[[def_symref]]symref::
Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>>
id itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when