One more step towards consistancy. We change the documentation and the C
code in a single patch, since the only instances in the C code are in
comment and usage strings.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++--
Documentation/git-fetch.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/git-pull.txt | 6 +++---
Documentation/git-remote.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/git-tag.txt | 4 ++--
Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 20 ++++++++++----------
Documentation/user-manual.txt | 2 +-
builtin/checkout.c | 2 +-
builtin/fetch.c | 4 ++--
remote.c | 2 +-
10 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e625d6a..e4f16d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ color.branch::
color.branch.<slot>::
Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
- `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+ `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
refs).
+
The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
linkgit:git-gui[1].
gui.pruneduringfetch::
- "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+ "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
gui.trustmtime::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index d159e88..c76e313 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge
operation done by 'git merge'.
-When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches,
the tags that point at these branches are automatically
followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using
the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 33e8438..54e7013 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
-optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
+optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is
run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
------------
A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
-what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
+what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote
-branches are tracked using tracking branches in
+branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in
`refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 5e4989d..c258ea4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
'prune'::
-Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
+Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
"remotes/<name>".
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 31c78a8..8b169e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ On Automatic following
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely
-using tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
+using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote
layout). You usually want the tags from the other end.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ this case.
It may well be that among networking people, they may want to
exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow
they are most likely tracking with each other's progress by
-having tracking branches. Again, the heuristic to automatically
+having remote-tracking branches. Again, the heuristic to automatically
follow such tags is a good thing.
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 1f029f8..ba96b32 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
revision. This will happen frequently on a
- <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+ <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
<<def_repository,repository>>.
[[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
at least one upstream project which they track. By default
'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
- will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+ will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
`git branch -r`.
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
linkgit:git-push[1].
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
+ A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
+ another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
+ branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
+ made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
+ identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
+ <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
+
[[def_repository]]repository::
A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
<<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects
@@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
related changes.
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
- A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
- another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
- branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
- made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
- identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
- <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
-
[[def_tree]]tree::
Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree
object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d5505e8..d7835ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ linux-nfs/master
origin/master
-------------------------------------------------
-If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the
+If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the remote-tracking branches for the
named <remote> will be updated.
If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9a934af..1fa9ce4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
* between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
*
* With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
- * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+ * was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
* <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
* to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
*
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d35f000..3b0b614 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
"do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)", TAGS_UNSET),
OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
- "prune tracking branches no longer on remote"),
+ "prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
"dry run"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "keep", &keep, "keep downloaded pack"),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void add_merge_config(struct ref **head,
continue;
/*
- * Not fetched to a tracking branch? We need to fetch
+ * Not fetched to a remote-tracking branch? We need to fetch
* it anyway to allow this branch's "branch.$name.merge"
* to be honored by 'git pull', but we do not have to
* fail if branch.$name.merge is misconfigured to point
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9143ec7..ca42a12 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void read_config(void)
}
/*
- * We need to make sure the tracking branches are well formed, but a
+ * We need to make sure the remote-tracking branches are well formed, but a
* wildcard refspec in "struct refspec" must have a trailing slash. We
* temporarily drop the trailing '/' while calling check_ref_format(),
* and put it back. The caller knows that a CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL
--
1.7.3.2.183.g2e7b0
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