From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya Subject: [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:52:15 +0530 Message-ID: <11862913353314-git-send-email-jyotirmoy@jyotirmoy.net> Cc: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Aug 05 07:22:37 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHYZY-0007om-KA for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:22:36 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751178AbXHEFWY (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:22:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751239AbXHEFWY (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:22:24 -0400 Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.234]:1876 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750986AbXHEFWX (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:22:23 -0400 Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id e11so1411660qbe for ; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.42.10 with SMTP id u10mr1661590rvj.1186291342361; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:22:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [59.176.66.108]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b5sm6865525rva.2007.08.04.22.22.19 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:22:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.2.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: In git-push it is the remote repository and not the local repository which is fast forwarded. The description of the -f option in the git-push manpage gets it the other way round. Signed-off-by: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 74a0da1..0dd9caf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ the remote repository. -f, \--force:: Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is - not a descendant of the local ref used to overwrite it. + not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. This flag disables the check. This can cause the remote repository to lose commits; use it with care. -- 1.5.2.4