"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> writes: >> So I observe pushing/fetching works OK at least for a simple case like >> this one. >> >> Hence I'd like to ask: if the manual page is wrong or I'm observing >> some corner case? >> -- > The manual is deliberately misleading. Yes, it is erring on the safe side. It was not coded with the case where the gap widens (e.g. either side rewinds the history) in mind as you explained; for simple cases the code just happens to work, but the users are encouraged not to rely on it to be safe than sorry. -- 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