On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Wasn't replace mechanism tightened, so that replacing object > must be the same type as replaced object? Yes, but if --force is used or if the replace ref is created with git update-ref, then it is not enforced. > Is there a situation where you might want replace object > with different type of object? This was discussed: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/233157/ Thanks, Christian. -- 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