Hi, On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Dmitry Potapov wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:25:38PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Dmitry Potapov wrote: > > > > > When you create a new commit, it is always belong to _one_ branch > > > and never to two or more branches. > > > > Certainly you forgot about detached HEADs? > > I suppose it is a branch without any name given to it, but it is an > advanced feature. I don't think many beginners know about it, so it is > something that can confuse beginners. I'm sorry, the direction of this discussion does not please me. The purpose of my message was to make Git old-timers _aware_ of the problems newbies have with our notion of branches. And a wish to come up with less confusing documentation. The purpose was not to discuss at length what branches are in Git (and the intended discussion was certainly not about CVS!). Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html