Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@xxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 5a7a486..4dd0a52 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ to point at the new commit. created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file. [[def_hash]]hash:: - In Git's context, synonym to <<def_object_name,object name>>. + In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>. [[def_head]]head:: A <<def_ref,named reference>> to the <<def_commit,commit>> at the tip of a @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a [[def_object]]object:: The unit of storage in Git. It is uniquely identified by the - <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> of its contents. Consequently, an + <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> of its contents. Consequently, an object can not be changed. [[def_object_database]]object database:: @@ -237,10 +237,9 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a Synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>. [[def_object_name]]object name:: - The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>. The <<def_hash,hash>> - of the object's contents using the Secure Hash Algorithm - 1 and usually represented by the 40 character hexadecimal encoding of - the <<def_hash,hash>> of the object. + The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>. The + object name is usually represented by a 40 character + hexadecimal string. Also colloquially called <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> [[def_object_type]]object type:: One of the identifiers "<<def_commit_object,commit>>", @@ -376,7 +375,7 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec. to the result. [[def_ref]]ref:: - A 40-byte hex representation of a <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> or a name that + A 40-byte hex representation of a <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> or a name that denotes a particular <<def_object,object>>. They may be stored in a file under `$GIT_DIR/refs/` directory, or in the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. @@ -432,8 +431,9 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec. [[def_SCM]]SCM:: Source code management (tool). -[[def_SHA1]]SHA1:: - Synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>. +[[def_SHA1]]SHA-1:: + "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function. + In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>. [[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository:: A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec. its history can be later deepened with linkgit:git-fetch[1]. [[def_symref]]symref:: - Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> + Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> id itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when referenced, it recursively dereferences to this reference. '<<def_HEAD,HEAD>>' is a prime example of a symref. Symbolic -- 1.8.1.msysgit.1 --- Thomas -- 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