Correct a few grammar issues in gitrepository-layout.txt and also rewords a few sections for clarity. Remove references to using http-fetch without -a to create a broken repository. Mark a few areas of the repository structure as legacy. Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt | 60 +++++++++++++++----------------- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index eb3d040..5023ea9 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -23,32 +23,25 @@ objects:: Object store associated with this repository. Usually an object store is self sufficient (i.e. all the objects that are referred to by an object found in it are also - found in it), but there are couple of ways to violate - it. + found in it), but there are a few ways to violate it. + -. You could populate the repository by running a commit walker -without `-a` option. Depending on which options are given, you -could have only commit objects without associated blobs and -trees this way, for example. A repository with this kind of -incomplete object store is not suitable to be published to the -outside world but sometimes useful for private repository. -. You also could have an incomplete but locally usable repository -by cloning shallowly. See linkgit:git-clone[1]. -. You can be using `objects/info/alternates` mechanism, or -`$GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES` mechanism to 'borrow' +. You could have an incomplete but locally usable repository +by creating a shallow clone. See linkgit:git-clone[1]. +. You could be using the `objects/info/alternates` or +`$GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES` mechanisms to 'borrow' objects from other object stores. A repository with this kind of incomplete object store is not suitable to be published for -use with dumb transports but otherwise is OK as long as -`objects/info/alternates` points at the right object stores -it borrows from. +use with dumb transports but is otherwise OK as long as +`objects/info/alternates` points to object stores containing the +missing objects. objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]:: - Traditionally, each object is stored in its own file. - They are split into 256 subdirectories using the first - two letters from its object name to keep the number of - directory entries `objects` directory itself needs to - hold. Objects found here are often called 'unpacked' - (or 'loose') objects. + A newly created object is stored in its own file. + The objects are splayed over 256 subdirectories using + the first two characters of the sha1 object name to + keep the number of directory entries in `objects` + itself to a manageable number. Objects found + here are often called 'unpacked' (or 'loose') objects. objects/pack:: Packs (files that store many object in compressed form, @@ -85,7 +78,7 @@ objects/info/http-alternates:: refs:: References are stored in subdirectories of this - directory. The 'git prune' command knows to keep + directory. The 'git prune' command knows to preserve objects reachable from refs found in this directory and its subdirectories. @@ -119,16 +112,17 @@ HEAD:: + HEAD can also record a specific commit directly, instead of being a symref to point at the current branch. Such a state -is often called 'detached HEAD', and almost all commands work -identically as normal. See linkgit:git-checkout[1] for -details. +is often called 'detached HEAD.' See linkgit:git-checkout[1] +for details. branches:: A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used - to specify URL to 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push' - commands is to store a file in `branches/<name>` and - give 'name' to these commands in place of 'repository' - argument. + to specify a URL to 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push'. + A file can be stored as `branches/<name>` and then + 'name' can be given to these commands in place of + 'repository' argument. See the REMOTES section in + linkgit:git-fetch[1] for details. This mechanism is legacy + and not likely to be found in modern repositories. hooks:: Hooks are customization scripts used by various git @@ -173,9 +167,11 @@ info/exclude:: at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5]. remotes:: - Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default - refnames to interact with remote repository to - 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push' commands. + Stores shorthands for URL and default refnames for use + when interacting with remote repositories via 'git fetch', + 'git pull' and 'git push' commands. See the REMOTES section + in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for details. This mechanism is legacy + and not likely to be found in modern repositories. logs:: Records of changes made to refs are stored in this -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html