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From: Tuncer Ayaz <tuncer.ayaz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What are branches?
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:10:52 +0200
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On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if you're like me, you used Git for _way_ too long to really understa=
nd
> how anybody can say that Git is hard to learn. =A0The concepts underl=
ying
> Git have sunk so deep that I do not question them anymore.
>
> But it is important to keep in mind that our concept of branches is n=
ot
> intuitive:
>
> http://longair.net/blog/2009/04/16/git-fetch-and-merge/
>
> In particular, we have some pretty confusing nomenclature when it com=
es to
> branches, and we might want to think how to improve the situation.
>
> Food for thought on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Probably in the same confusion department:
http://blog.teksol.info/2009/04/15/beware-of-gits-content-tracking.html

Is he right and is this the defined correct behavior?