[PATCH] help: add "glossary" topic

[Laurens Holst]

Op 15-6-2010 20:57, Greg Ward schreef:
>> >  + +CHANGESET, CHILD
>> >  +    A child changeset is a changeset which is defined in the graph as
>> >  +    having descended from one or two parent changesets. Specifically,
>> >  +    a child changeset of a changeset C is a changeset which lists C as
>> >  +    a parent.
>>      
> That last sentence is confusing because C is really the parent.  How
> about rewriting the entry as
>
>    The converse of parent changeset: if P is a parent of C, then C is a
> child of P.
>    Every changeset has a maximum of 2 parents, but there is no limit to
> the number
>    of children that a changeset may have.
>    

I think you may want to avoid the term ‘converse’ here for the 
international audience…

http://thesaurus.com/browse/converse

Opposite or reverse seems better.

~Laurens

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