[PATCH] Add git-var a tool for reading interesting git variables.

[git.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index b9602a5..80cc279 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ A "tag" object symbolically identifies and can be used to sign other
 objects. It contains the identifier and type of another object, a
 symbolic name (of course!) and, optionally, a signature.
 
-Regardless of object type, all objects are share the following
-characteristics: they are all in deflated with zlib, and have a header
-that not only specifies their tag, but also size information about the
-data in the object.  It's worth noting that the SHA1 hash that is used
-to name the object is the hash of the original data (historical note:
-in the dawn of the age of git this was the sha1 of the _compressed_
-object)
+Regardless of object type, all objects share the following
+characteristics: they are all deflated with zlib, and have a header
+that not only specifies their tag, but also provides size information
+about the data in the object.  It's worth noting that the SHA1 hash
+that is used to name the object is the hash of the original data.
+(Historical note: in the dawn of the age of git the hash
+was the sha1 of the _compressed_ object)
 
 As a result, the general consistency of an object can always be tested
 independently of the contents or the type of the object: all objects can
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ object. The object is totally independent of it's location in the
 directory tree, and renaming a file does not change the object that
 file is associated with in any way.
 
-A blob is created with link:git-write-blob.html[git-write-blob] and
-it's data can be accessed by link:git-cat-file.html[git-cat-file]
+A blob is typically created when link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache]
+is run, and it's data can be accessed by link:git-cat-file.html[git-cat-file].
 
 Tree Object
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ verification) has to come from outside.
 A tag is created with link:git-mktag.html[git-mktag] and
 it's data can be accessed by link:git-cat-file.html[git-cat-file]
 
+
 The "index" aka "Current Directory Cache"
 -----------------------------------------
 The index is a simple binary file, which contains an efficient