glossary: improve "branch" definition

The old phrasing is at least questionable, if not wrong, as there are
a lot of branches out there that didn't see active development for
years, yet they are still branches, ready to become active again any
time.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 090c888335d3292331d012a5e9074f970035d83e..67c7a50b96a0b29bc3a98edf1e02f4b455969abf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
        Untyped <<def_object,object>>, e.g. the contents of a file.
 
 [[def_branch]]branch::
-       A "branch" is an active line of development.  The most recent
+       A "branch" is a line of development.  The most recent
        <<def_commit,commit>> on a branch is referred to as the tip of
        that branch.  The tip of the branch is referenced by a branch
        <<def_head,head>>, which moves forward as additional development