Linus Torvalds escreveu: > The fact that we can do "git clone" on the _receiving_ side is an > assymmetry, but it's not gratutous: when receiving we don't need any extra > permissions or setup to create a new archive. In contrast, when sending, > you do have to have that "get permission to create new archive" phase. > >> - pull = merge + fetch, but no command for merge + throw > > Again, this is not gratuitous, and the reason is very similar: when you > pull, you're pulling into something that _you_ control and _you_ have >But "push" and "pull" _fundamentally_ aren't symmetric operations, and you >simply cannot possibly make them symmetric. Point taken; thank you. In that case, we're full circle with the command naming issues. Push and pull are fundamentally asymmetric operations, but then a consistent UI would dictate that they wouldn't be named symmetrically, as they are now. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanwen@xxxxxxxxx - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen - 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