Useful Git Terms

• master: this is the main code branch, equivalent to trunk in Subversion. Branches are generally created off of master.
• origin: the default remote repository that all your branches are pull'ed from and push'ed to. This is defined when you execute the initial git clone command.
• fast-forward: the process of bringing a branch up-to-date with another branch, by fast-forwarding the commits in one branch onto the other.
• rebase: the process by which you cut off the changes made in your local branch, and graft them onto the end of another branch.
• unpublished vs. published branches: an unpublished branch is a branch that only exists on your local workstation, in your local repository. Nobody but you know that branch exists. A published branch is one that has beenpush'ed up to github, and is available for other developers to checkout and work on.