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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index f7457ef487..09d01817c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ has that commit at all). Since the object name is computed as a hash over the contents of the commit, you are guaranteed that the commit can never change without its name also changing. -In fact, in <<git-internals>> we shall see that everything stored in git +In fact, in <<git-concepts>> we shall see that everything stored in git history, including file data and directory contents, is stored in an object with a name that is a hash of its contents. @@ -2708,12 +2708,16 @@ See gitlink:git-config[1] for more details on the configuration options mentioned above. -[[git-internals]] -Git internals -============= +[[git-concepts]] +Git concepts +============ -Git depends on two fundamental abstractions: the "object database", and -the "current directory cache" aka "index". +Git is built on a small number of simple but powerful ideas. While it +is possible to get things done without understanding them, you will find +git much more intuitive if you do. + +We start with the most important, the <<def_object_database,object +database>> and the <<def_index,index>>. [[the-object-database]] The Object Database |