On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Illia Bobyr <ibobyr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It is just a "non-fast forward" move of a branch tip. This term > describes what happens precisely :) > > It is true, that the term is non obvious to the new comers. > One may google and get an explanation of the error pretty quickly. > First hit for "git non fast forward error" gives an explanation from a > new comer point of view for the simplest case. I just led a team of reasonably bright people through a transition from SVN to git. Not one of them understood this message. Every one of them thought something was broken. This is a very common occurrence, so a short, simple message without jargon for this error would be a big, big win. Cheers, -n8 -- HexaLex: A New Angle on Crossword Games for iPhone and iPod Touch http://hexalex.com On The App Store: http://bit.ly/8Mj1CU On Facebook: http://bit.ly/9MIJiV On Twitter: http://twitter.com/hexalexgame http://n8gray.org -- 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