user-manual: introduce the word "commit" earlier

Use the word "commit" as a synonym for "version" from the start.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ contains all the information about the history of the project.
How to check out a different version of a project How to check out a different version of a project
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Git is best thought of as a tool for storing the history of a Git is best thought of as a tool for storing the history of a collection
collection of files. It stores the history as a compressed of files. It stores the history as a compressed collection of
collection of interrelated snapshots (versions) of the project's interrelated snapshots of the project's contents. In git each such
contents. version is called a <<def_commit,commit>>.
A single git repository may contain multiple branches. It keeps track A single git repository may contain multiple branches. It keeps track
of them by keeping a list of <<def_head,heads>> which reference the of them by keeping a list of <<def_head,heads>> which reference the
latest version on each branch; the gitlink:git-branch[1] command shows latest commit on each branch; the gitlink:git-branch[1] command shows
you the list of branch heads: you the list of branch heads:
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