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From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git fsck: unreachable vs. dangling
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:28:41 +0200
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> I just visualize commits to be ping-pong balls with strings between
> them, and then grab the root of the graph and lift the whole thing
> up, while tips of the branches and tags are anchored.  Commit A will
> be dangling in the wind if you shake the whole thing.

I used to have exactly the same visualization in mind, but got
confused in between, unsure whether my understanding was correct. As
it turns out it is, and when sticking to that visualization everything
seems to be consistent in the fsck docs. They could still benefit some
more clarification I guess. I'll see if I can come up with something.

Thanks again.

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Sebastian Schuberth