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* [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage
@ 2007-08-05  5:22 Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya
  2007-08-05  5:35 ` Junio C Hamano
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya @ 2007-08-05  5:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git; +Cc: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya

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 <jyotirmoy@jyotirmoy.net>
---
 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

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* Re: [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage
  2007-08-05  5:22 [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya
@ 2007-08-05  5:35 ` Junio C Hamano
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2007-08-05  5:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya; +Cc: git

That indeed is an embarrasing thinko.  Thanks!

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