+(acyclic) relations $\hasdirdep$ and $\hasdep$.
+
+\end{basedescript}
+
+\stdsection{Important variables and values in the update algorithm}
+
+\begin{basedescript}{
+\desclabelwidth{5em}
+\desclabelstyle{\nextlinelabel}
+}
+\item[ $\Gamma_{\pc}$ ]
+The desired direct dependencies of $\pc$, a set of patches.
+
+\item[ $\allpatches$ ]
+The set of all the patches we are dealing with (constructed
+during the update algorithm).
+
+\item[ $\tipcn, \tipcy$ ]
+The new tips of the git branches $\pcn$ and $\pcy$, containing
+all the correct commits (and the correct other patches), as
+generated by the Traversal phase of the update algorithm.