From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!? Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:26:36 -0800 Message-ID: <7vaavso537.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <31a97741002010352x1ad27f26ia4d51857bb2d2d4f@mail.gmail.com> <7vpr4o3lg9.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <87aavsu9b3.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <7vwrywplxz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Ron Garret X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 02 01:27:05 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nc6bf-0002pD-8X for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:27:03 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755174Ab0BBA05 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:26:57 -0500 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:60316 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754897Ab0BBA04 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:26:56 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8055796764; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:26:56 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=5u2HEgUQtAdw2YPsRwiXCrJ8pmM=; b=tu94Sz 9rgG78W6hzSHjoZ476LrbrZ4YeP1JDFigcgAONKgzZPh543A5m475QP3HEWQk/Xg zLjvAt16Cf7zThLlCSRMY4VXqxM6lRzLoXAIsYocXc3bZQGRJSqlpnl0V3KAYsam vdXer/FThWnxXWdbqOF65MnlSbcazwFLRgYTQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=d+CIPqkHIqBXLVHk1qCKFtPnLnDlSuRz qx3Wdrujecdf26yW4+IXZEcU2Ynd4NCL8mmTbLhutR/kcFIFyO6sv8dljE32r0kw 02EUu2bkTUKxJYFvv8D9Oo5EykzhO1eMZuAHcZ3BFpQ2UMzO2ZyiWdfP+6pZZ91b AG2rn8MzRIk= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F3B496761; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:26:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9EE019675E; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:26:42 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Ron Garret's message of "Mon\, 01 Feb 2010 15\:56\:31 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: AA240FDC-0F91-11DF-92BB-6AF7ED7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Ron Garret writes: >> This shows that you are still thinking a branch is a line (or multiple >> lines). It is not. > > The git user's guide says it is: > > "When we need to be precise, we will use the word "branch" to mean a > line of development..." I think the last paragraph "to put it in another way" in my other message to you will clear this confusion.