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glossary: a revision is just a commit
The current definition of 'revision' sounds like it is saying that a revision is a tree object. In reality it is just a commit. This should be especially useful for people used to other revision control systems trying to see how familiar concepts translate into git terms. Reported-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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Documentation/glossary-content.txt

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<<def_merge,merge>> left behind.
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[[def_revision]]revision::
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A particular state of files and directories which was stored in the
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<<def_object_database,object database>>. It is referenced by a
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<<def_commit_object,commit object>>.
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Synonym for <<def_commit,commit>> (the noun).
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[[def_rewind]]rewind::
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To throw away part of the development, i.e. to assign the

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