From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:05:51 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: glossary: improve "branch" definition
X-Git-Tag: v2.30.0-rc0~7^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eef1ceabd8200d1160b015b049a896612a74f0e8;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git

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>
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 090c888335..67c7a50b96 100644
--- 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