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Doc update. * tg/glossary-overlay: glossary: add definition for overlay
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origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
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`git branch -r`.
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[[def_overlay]]overlay::
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Only update and add files to the working directory, but don't
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delete them, similar to how 'cp -R' would update the contents
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in the destination directory. This is the default mode in a
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<<def_checkout,checkout>> when checking out files from the
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<<def_index,index>> or a <<def_tree-ish,tree-ish>>. In
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contrast, no-overlay mode also deletes tracked files not
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present in the source, similar to 'rsync --delete'.
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[[def_pack]]pack::
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A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save space
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or to transmit them efficiently).

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