user guide help (definitions of terms)

[Russel Winder]

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 01:22 -0400, Inky 788 wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Martin Pool<mbp at sourcefrog.net> wrote:
> > 2009/8/6 Inky 788 <inky788 at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> What is the difference between a branch and a checkout?
> >
> > A checkout is a working tree.
> 
> Ok. I think that part of what was just confusing me is that "checkout"
> is not only a noun but also a verb here. I hope that the term "branch"
> doesn't also suffer from that malady. :)

Yes it does.  When associated with DVCS, branch has at least two
definitions as a noun and two definitions as a verb :-(

Certainly you can branch a branch to create a branch.
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