Martin wrote: > Sergey made an excellent point: > > On 01/07/2021 13:27, Sergey Organov wrote: > >> For example: > >> > >> "branch": a chain of commits > >> > >> "branch tip": the most recent commit in a branch > >> > >> "branch name": specific type of symbolic reference pointing to a branch tip > > A lot of people think of the "chain of commits" when the word "branch" > is used. > > If we take the sentence from the current doc: > --force-create > Similar to |--create| except that if |<new-branch>| already exists, > it will be reset to |<start-point>| > and replace "branch" with "chain of commits" > Similar to |--create| except that if |<new-||"chain of commits">| > already exists, it will be reset to |<start-point>| > > What would you expect to happen? > I would think the "chain of commits" is created at the new <start-point> > > What we want to say is > The "branch name" will point to a new "branch tip" at <start-point> Wouldn't this achieve everything we want? The branch head will now point the new <head> -- Felipe Contreras
