index"></a>pack index</dt>
<dd>
<p>The list of identifiers, and other information, of the objects in a
<a href="#def_pack">pack</a>, to assist in efficiently accessing the contents of a
pack.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><a id="def_pathspec"></a>pathspec</dt>
<dd>
<p>Pattern used to limit paths in Git commands.</p>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Pathspecs are used on the command line of "git ls-files", "git
ls-tree", "git add", "git grep", "git diff", "git checkout",
and many other commands to
limit the scope 