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diff --git a/man7/gitglossary.7 b/man7/gitglossary.7 index 1fc469b1f..d2cf4f00e 100644 --- a/man7/gitglossary.7 +++ b/man7/gitglossary.7 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: gitglossary .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 2023-12-27 +.\" Date: 2024-01-02 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.43.0.232.ge79552d197 +.\" Source: Git 2.43.0.254.ga26002b628 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GITGLOSSARY" "7" "2023\-12\-27" "Git 2\&.43\&.0\&.232\&.ge79552" "Git Manual" +.TH "GITGLOSSARY" "7" "2024\-01\-02" "Git 2\&.43\&.0\&.254\&.ga26002" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ more than two branches\&. .RE .PP +orphan +.RS 4 +The act of getting on a +branch +that does not exist yet (i\&.e\&., an +unborn +branch)\&. After such an operation, the commit first created becomes a commit without a parent, starting a new history\&. +.RE +.PP origin .RS 4 The default upstream @@ -1106,6 +1115,20 @@ tag object that points to a tree object, a tag object that points to a tag object that points to a tree object, etc\&. .RE .PP +unborn +.RS 4 +The +HEAD +can point at a +branch +that does not yet exist and that does not have any commit on it yet, and such a branch is called an unborn branch\&. The most typical way users encounter an unborn branch is by creating a repository anew without cloning from elsewhere\&. The HEAD would point at the +\fImain\fR +(or +\fImaster\fR, depending on your configuration) branch that is yet to be born\&. Also some operations can get you on an unborn branch with their +orphan +option\&. +.RE +.PP unmerged index .RS 4 An |