On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:23:39 -0700 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If your push were "next~27^2:frotz", it becomes even less clear. > It may be that I am pushing out the tip of a topic branch I > usually do not push out, so it would be easier for some specific > person to build on top of. Or maybe I am marking that place as > a lightweight tag. They are equally likely. But you could pick a reasonable default in assuming that a new branch is desired with the above example. If someone wants to push a tag, they can create the tag locally, and then push it. Sean - 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