Re: [git-users] Collective noun for Git branch, tag, or revision

2018-11-26 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 06:20:15AM -0800, Ilya Vassilevsky wrote: > Hello everyone :) > > I'm developing a deployment automation tool. It can compile and deploy code > from a Git repository. > > I would like to add a command-line argument that specifies the revision to > deploy. It can be a

Fwd: Re: [git-users] Collective noun for Git branch, tag, or revision

2018-11-26 Thread Philip Oakley
This time from my correct email address... Forwarded Message Subject:Re: [git-users] Collective noun for Git branch, tag, or revision Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:59:47 + From: Philip Oakley Hi Ily, I think the technically correct term is 'reference' but, you

Re: [git-users] Collective noun for Git branch, tag, or revision

2018-11-26 Thread Michael
How about one of these: refish shaish commitish treeish Actually, "treeish" or commitish might be best -- you want to specify the state of a directory tree, and you are probably using something that identifies a commit, which identifies a tree plus a message. On 2018-11-26, at 7:20 AM, Philip