Re: Translation quick question

On 18/02/06, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fernando P. Nájera Cano wrote:
>
> > What is the meaning of the sentence "Branch tip revision" in
> > dug_revgraph.xml:55? I understand the meaning of the next paragraph,
> > but I don't know how to translate "tip". Currently, I've used "help"
> > instead of "tip". In Deutch it is translated as "Spitze eines Zweiges"
> > which, in turn, returns to "Sharpens a branch"... I'm confused :)
>
> "Spitze eines Zweiges" also means "top of a branch".
> What this is used for: the last committed revision of a branch.
>
> hmmm - could that be a typo? Maybe Simon wanted to write "Branch top
> revision" instead of "Branch tip revision"?

Probably not, "tip" is the right word for "end" (see
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=83310&dict=CALD and
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=83310&dict=CALD).

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