On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> A dangling object is an unreachable object that cannot be >> made reachable by any way other than pointing at it >> directly with a ref. > > Thanks a lot for the prompt explanation! Note to myself: I just realized that both "dangling" and "unreachable" are also nicely defined in the Git glossary [1]. [1] http://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary/ -- Sebastian Schuberth -- 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