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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Now, read-only ref does not interest me, but "do not commit on
>> top of this yourself, only fast-forward from somewhere else is
>> allowed" may be useful, for the reason why you mentioned
>> "origin".
>
> Do my suggestion and you wouldn't have to worry about read-only
> branches, and although merging any changes from it might be more
> trouble than its worth, it might be possible to cherry-pick the commit
> rather than reverting and re-applying it.

Sorry, is this "do my suggestion" a solution to my "do not
commit on top of this yourself, only fast-forward from somewhere
else is allowed -- e.g. to protect 'origin'" issue, or is it
something completely different?