glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objects
Define "dangling" and "unreachable" objects. Modified from original text proposed by Yasushi Shoji. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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objects is acyclic (there is no chain which begins and ends with the
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same object).
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dangling object::
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An unreachable object which is not reachable even from other
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unreachable objects; a dangling object has no references to it
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from any reference or object in the repository.
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dircache::
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You are *waaaaay* behind.
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@ -350,6 +355,10 @@ tag::
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unmerged index::
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An index which contains unmerged index entries.
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unreachable object::
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An object which is not reachable from a branch, tag, or any
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other reference.
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working tree::
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The set of files and directories currently being worked on,
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i.e. you can work in your working tree without using git at all.
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