From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Andreas Hartmetz <ahartmetz@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git branch documentation improvements
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 08:22:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BE7A629.7050709@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201005081839.37790.ahartmetz@gmail.com>
Am 5/8/2010 18:39, schrieb Andreas Hartmetz:
> On Friday 07 May 2010 09:20:15 Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> But what is wrong with "start-point"? It precisely conveys the meaning of
>> the parameter.
>>
> Look at -f: as far as I understand it moves the branch *head*, so start-point
> is plain wrong. The "root" of the branch is not moved, or only moved
> indirectly (not sure if the latter is allowed).
Huh? The purpose of -f is not to *move* a branch head, but to say "trust
me, I know what I'm doing". Why would "start-point" not be suitable in
this case?
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-10 6:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-06 22:24 git branch documentation improvements Andreas Hartmetz
2010-05-06 22:59 ` Jon Seymour
2010-05-07 1:04 ` Andreas Hartmetz
2010-05-07 2:28 ` Andreas Hartmetz
2010-05-07 7:20 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-05-07 8:40 ` Jon Seymour
2010-05-08 16:39 ` Andreas Hartmetz
2010-05-10 6:22 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2010-05-11 18:27 ` Andreas Hartmetz
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