On Monday 10 May 2010 08:22:33 Johannes Sixt wrote: > Am 5/8/2010 18:39, schrieb Andreas Hartmetz: > > On Friday 07 May 2010 09:20:15 Johannes Sixt wrote: > >> But what is wrong with "start-point"? It precisely conveys the meaning > >> of the parameter. > > > > Look at -f: as far as I understand it moves the branch *head*, so > > start-point is plain wrong. The "root" of the branch is not moved, or > > only moved indirectly (not sure if the latter is allowed). > > Huh? The purpose of -f is not to *move* a branch head, but to say "trust > me, I know what I'm doing". Why would "start-point" not be suitable in > this case? > Because a branch doesn't start at the head. -- 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