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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: Thore Husfeldt <thore.husfeldt@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:16:15 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <buoy69llhbk.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpqr5fdmywj.fsf@bauges.imag.fr> (Matthieu Moy's message of "Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:11:08 +0200")

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>> No. Git does not “maintain a copy of [the remote] branches”.
>
> Which part of the sentence is problematic to you ?
>
> Remote-tracking branches _are_ a copy of the branches. The copy is
> made at "git clone" time, and is periodically updated with "git fetch"
> later. And it seems to me that "periodically update" is a way to
> "maintain" the copy up-to-date.
>
> In the latest version of the patch, I changed "maintain" to "keep",
> following Jakub's remark. Is that better?

Yup.

As far as I can tell, Thore's complaint is that the copy is not kept
perfectly up-to-date automatically, but I think he's incorrect to assume
that the language here implies that.  It doesn't.  "Maintaining a copy"
simply means to keep a copy, so your change seems valid, though.

I supposes git is also used by many people with a less-than-perfect
command of english though, so perhaps using simpler language is
sometimes warranted...

-Miles

-- 
Ocean, n. A body of water covering seven-tenths of a world designed for Man -
who has no gills.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-26  4:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-23 16:31 [PATCH 00/11] More consistant terminology ("remote-tracking branch", "not updated") Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 01/10] Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-status Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:13   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 18:33     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:55     ` Jakub Narebski
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 02/10] Remplace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:16   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 18:31   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 19:01     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 03/10] Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial places Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:44   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 19:04     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 04/10] Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:48   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28  1:55     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 05/10] Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:51   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-26 22:15     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 06/10] Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 07/10] Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:58   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 19:19     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 08/10] Use 'remote-tracking branch' in generated merge messages Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 19:04   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 19:53     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 09/10] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 19:08   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 19:34     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-24 14:47   ` Thore Husfeldt
2010-10-24 15:18     ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-24 23:32     ` Jakub Narebski
2010-10-26  3:11     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-26  4:16       ` Miles Bader [this message]
2010-10-23 16:31 ` [PATCH 10/10] git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration Matthieu Moy
2010-10-23 18:55 ` [PATCH 00/11] More consistant terminology ("remote-tracking branch", "not updated") Jakub Narebski
2010-10-23 19:11   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-25 17:30     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] " Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 01/10] Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-status Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 02/10] Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 03/10] Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial places Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 04/10] Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 05/10] Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 06/10] Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 07/10] Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 08/10] Use 'remote-tracking branch' in generated merge messages Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 09/10] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms Matthieu Moy
2010-10-26  6:07   ` Jay Soffian
2010-10-26 22:13     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-26  6:20   ` Jay Soffian
2010-10-27  0:01     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-27  0:06       ` [PATCH] " Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25  6:08 ` [PATCH 10/10] git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration Matthieu Moy
2010-10-25 17:52 ` [PATCH 00/11] More consistant terminology ("remote-tracking branch", "not updated") Drew Northup
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 00/10 v3] " Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 01/10] Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-status Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:35   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 21:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-28 22:09       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 22:47         ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 23:20           ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-28 23:39             ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-29 21:06         ` Drew Northup
2010-10-30  4:00           ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 02/10] Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 19:52   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 03/10] Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial places Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:39   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 21:50     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 22:13       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 22:40         ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-29 17:26           ` Drew Northup
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 04/10] Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 19:56   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 05/10] Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 06/10] Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 19:13   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 22:34     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 23:23       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 07/10] Use 'remote-tracking branch' in generated merge messages Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 08/10] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 19:42   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-28 23:40     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 09/10] user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEAD Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 10/10] git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 20:08   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 00/11 v4] More consistant terminology Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  6:58   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 01/11] Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-status Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 02/11] Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 03/11] Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial places Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 04/11] everyday.txt: change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 05/11] Change " Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 06/11] Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 07/11] Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 08/11] Use 'remote-tracking branch' in generated merge messages Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 09/11] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  7:18   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-31 14:57     ` Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 10/11] user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEAD Matthieu Moy
2010-10-30  4:10 ` [PATCH 11/11] git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration Matthieu Moy

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