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.\" Title: git
.\" Author: [see the "Authors" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 2023-12-20
+.\" Date: 2023-12-27
.\" Manual: Git Manual
-.\" Source: Git 2.43.0.174.g055bb6e996
+.\" Source: Git 2.43.0.232.ge79552d197
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "GIT" "1" "2023\-12\-20" "Git 2\&.43\&.0\&.174\&.g055bb6" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT" "1" "2023\-12\-27" "Git 2\&.43\&.0\&.232\&.ge79552" "Git Manual"
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.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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When first created, objects are stored in individual files, but for efficiency may later be compressed together into "pack files"\&.
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-Named pointers called refs mark interesting points in history\&. A ref may contain the SHA\-1 name of an object or the name of another ref\&. Refs with names beginning \fBref/head/\fR contain the SHA\-1 name of the most recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development\&. SHA\-1 names of tags of interest are stored under \fBref/tags/\fR\&. A special ref named \fBHEAD\fR contains the name of the currently checked\-out branch\&.
+Named pointers called refs mark interesting points in history\&. A ref may contain the SHA\-1 name of an object or the name of another ref (the latter is called a "symbolic ref")\&. Refs with names beginning \fBrefs/head/\fR contain the SHA\-1 name of the most recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development\&. SHA\-1 names of tags of interest are stored under \fBrefs/tags/\fR\&. A symbolic ref named \fBHEAD\fR contains the name of the currently checked\-out branch\&.
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The index file is initialized with a list of all paths and, for each path, a blob object and a set of attributes\&. The blob object represents the contents of the file as of the head of the current branch\&. The attributes (last modified time, size, etc\&.) are taken from the corresponding file in the working tree\&. Subsequent changes to the working tree can be found by comparing these attributes\&. The index may be updated with new content, and new commits may be created from the content stored in the index\&.
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