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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Cc: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] glossary: describe "worktree"
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:17:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7da2ttt7.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFQ2z_Pvje9LM0iyiP87S-L754zepEE_9k=_4Oa0w1Lo_pb=TQ@mail.gmail.com> (Han-Wen Nienhuys's message of "Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:36:49 +0100")

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> writes:

>> > Is this glossary the official definition of what things are? If so,
>> > the source code should refer to there. If not -except for confusion-
>> > how bad is it if the info in the glossary is inaccurate?
>>
>> Developer and end-user confusion ensues.
>
> that's why I said: "except for confusion" :-)
>
> I'm asking to understand if there is anything stopping us from
> changing the glossary to match the current code.

I do not think so.  It will give us a chance to rethink what we have
in the code, too.  It is possible that we may end up concluding that
it is better to leave a "pseudoref" always as a file inside $GIT_DIR
regardless of what ref backend is in use, for example.


      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-10 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-10  2:19 [PATCH] glossary: describe "worktree" Junio C Hamano
2022-02-10 14:40 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-02-10 15:50 ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-10 16:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-10 17:03     ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-10 18:07     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2022-02-10 18:28       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-10 18:36         ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2022-02-10 19:14           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-17 10:00             ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2022-02-17 19:10               ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-18 20:25                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-18 20:50                   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-10 19:17           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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