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 <p>

         A "branch" is a line of development.  The most recent

         <a href="#def_commit">commit</a> on a branch is referred to as the tip of

-        that branch.  The tip of the branch is referenced by a branch

+        that branch.  The tip of the branch is <a href="#def_ref">referenced</a> by a branch

         <a href="#def_head">head</a>, which moves forward as additional development

         is done on the branch.  A single Git

         <a href="#def_repository">repository</a> can track an arbitrary number of

@@ -887,6 +887,31 @@ state of the <a href="#def_index">index</a> and advancing <a href="#def_HEAD">HE
 to point at the new commit.</p></div>

 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

+<a id="def_commit_graph_general"></a>commit graph concept, representations and usage

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+        A synonym for the <a href="#def_DAG">DAG</a> structure formed by the commits

+        in the object database, <a href="#def_ref">referenced</a> by branch tips,

+        using their <a href="#def_chain">chain</a> of linked commits.

+        This structure is the definitive commit graph. The

+        graph can be represented in other ways, e.g. the

+        <a href="#def_commit_graph_file">"commit-graph" file</a>.

+</p>

+</dd>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

+<a id="def_commit_graph_file"></a>commit-graph file

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+        The "commit-graph" (normally hyphenated) file is a supplemental

+        representation of the <a href="#def_commit_graph_general">commit graph</a>

+        which accelerates commit graph walks. The "commit-graph" file is

+        stored either in the .git/objects/info directory or in the info

+        directory of an alternate object database.

+</p>

+</dd>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

 <a id="def_commit_object"></a>commit object

 </dt>

 <dd>

@@ -1200,7 +1225,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

-<a id="def_object_identifier"></a>object identifier

+<a id="def_object_identifier"></a>object identifier (oid)

 </dt>

 <dd>

 <p>

@@ -1585,6 +1610,19 @@ exclude
 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

+<a id="def_reachability_bitmap"></a>reachability bitmaps

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+        Reachability bitmaps store information about the

+        <a href="#def_reachable">reachability</a> of a selected set of commits in

+        a packfile, or a multi-pack index (MIDX), to speed up object search.

+        The bitmaps are stored in a ".bitmap" file. A repository may have at

+        most one bitmap file in use. The bitmap file may belong to either one

+        pack, or the repository&#8217;s multi-pack index (if it exists).

+</p>

+</dd>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

 <a id="def_rebase"></a>rebase

 </dt>

 <dd>