rents (directed), and the
graph of commit objects is acyclic (there is no <a href="#def_chain">chain</a>
which begins and ends with the same <a href="#def_object">object</a>).</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><a id="def_dangling_object"></a>dangling object</dt>
<dd>
<p>An <a href="#def_unreachable_object">unreachable object</a> which is not
<a href="#def_reachable">reachable</a> even from other unreachable objects; a
dangling object has no references to it from any
reference or <a href="#def_object">object</a>