Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> - After trying and failing to apply the patch text, we inspect our object >> database and see if there is a blob object that matches what is >> recorded on the "index" line of the patch as its preimage. > > Just being curious: why is it called "index"? I don't remember exactly, but I think it has something to do with the "name"-ness of the hexdigit strings that can be used to identify objects in the object store, i.e. the object names serving as indices. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/9694/focus=9794 -- 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