On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 02:50:34PM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Emily Shaffer <emilyshaf...@google.com> writes: > > > @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out > > technical/api-index-skel.txt technica > > SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS) > > > > TECH_DOCS += MyFirstContribution > > +TECH_DOCS += MyFirstRevWalk > > s/Rev/Object/ probably (if so I can locally amend). Yes, that's the case, although I'll send a reroll shortly if you don't want to amend locally - there's other stuff to fix according to you and SZEDER.
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt > > b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000000..7085f17072 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt > > @@ -0,0 +1,905 @@ > > +My First Object Walk > > +====================== > > + > > +== What's an Object Walk? > > + > > +The object walk is a key concept in Git - this is the process that > > underpins > > +operations like `git log`, `git blame`, and `git reflog`. Beginning at > > HEAD, the > > +list of objects is found by walking parent relationships between objects. > > The above is more about revision walk, for which we have plenty of > docs already, isn't it? Walking objects, while walking the commit > DAG, is a lessor concept than the key "revision walk" concept and > underpins different set of operations like object transfer and fsck. > > Also, the object walk, unlike the revision walk, follows containment > relationships between objects. Good point; I'll rewrite this paragraph rather than trying to just edit it a little for the next reroll. > > > +A related concept is the revision walk, which is focused on commit objects > > and > > +their relationships. > > Yes, s/their/& parent/ perhaps, to contrast the two a bit better. > `git log` and friends, if they need to be listed, should come on > this side, I think. > OK.
