[svnbook commit] r1997 - trunk/src/en/book
cmpilato
svnbook-dev at red-bean.com
Mon Feb 13 10:36:43 CST 2006
Author: cmpilato
Date: Mon Feb 13 10:36:41 2006
New Revision: 1997
Modified:
trunk/src/en/book/ch03.xml
Log:
* src/en/book/ch03.xml
Rework the revision keywords definitions a bit.
Modified: trunk/src/en/book/ch03.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/en/book/ch03.xml (original)
+++ trunk/src/en/book/ch03.xml Mon Feb 13 10:36:41 2006
@@ -128,32 +128,35 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>HEAD</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The latest revision in the repository.</para>
+ <para>The latest (or <quote>youngest</quote>) revision in
+ the repository.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>BASE</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The <quote>pristine</quote> revision of an item in a
- working copy.</para>
+ <para>The revision number of an item in a working copy.
+ If the item has been locally modified, the <quote>BASE
+ version</quote> refers to the way the item appears
+ without those local modifications.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>COMMITTED</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The last revision in which an item changed before (or
- at) <literal>BASE</literal>.</para>
+ <para>The most recent revision prior to, or equal to,
+ <literal>BASE</literal>, in which an item changed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>PREV</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The revision just <emphasis>before</emphasis> the last
- revision in which an item changed. (Technically,
- <literal>COMMITTED</literal> - 1.)</para>
+ <para>The revision immediately <emphasis>before</emphasis>
+ the last revision in which an item changed.
+ (Technically, <literal>COMMITTED</literal> - 1.)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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