Re: [PATCH] Make git revert warn the user when reverting a merge commit.

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On Thursday 2008 December 18 21:03:46 Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:
> > 			warning("revert on a merge commit may not do what you "
> > 				"expect.");
>
> [T]he new warning does
> not give you enough clue where to go next, so this warning does not give
> real value.  It is pretty much meaningless noise to users.

At least, it might make someone read the manpage again.  Still, I'm unhappy 
with the message, but I didn't want to be too wordy.  A URL or manpage 
reference would be nice, but I didn't know of a good guide that explained the 
dangers of reverting a merge commit as well as Linus's emails.
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