Re: msysgit: does git gui work?

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

> On Aug 10, 2007, at 2:13 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
> > 
> > > On Aug 10, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
> > > 
> > > I agree and pushed the following to mob
> > > 
> > > faeb4e3df9fb7c853dd1a46d6942776d4a743545
> > > 
> > > I forced a non-fast-forward of mob. Is this ok? Apparently it's allowed.
> > 
> > Yes, it is allowed exactly for this purpose.  When you want to redo/undo
> > commits.
> > 
> > > Another question related to mob. How do I need to setup /git/.git/config
> > > to be able to push to git's mob?
> > 
> > My understanding is that the GitMe installer already sets up a remote
> > named "mob".
> > 
> > 	$ git push mob
> > 
> > It automatically pushes the "master" branch to "mob".  If you have to
> > force the push, you'll have to do this:
> > 
> > 	$ git push mob +master:mob
> > 
> > But please avoid this when possible, since you might well overwrite other
> > people's work.
> 
> I have a mob for /.git, but I do not have the setup for /git/.git. Maybe
> I deleted it because I didn't understand what is means.

Ah, I misunderstood.  Yes, it is quite possible to have a mob installed 
for 4msysgit.git by default.  Should by done in 
msysgit.git:share/GitMe/setup-msysgit.sh.

> Whoever has setup the mob configurations, maybe it would be a good idea 
> to forbid non-fast-forward but instead allow the creation of new mob* 
> branches. If I can't push to mob, I could push to mob-topic instead. 
> Cleanup would be in the responsibility of the repository owner.

This is not possible.  The refusal of a non-fast-forward is a per-repo, 
not a per-user, configuration.

Ciao,
Dscho