Re: [PATCH] Expand explanation of the use of + in git push refspecs.

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 18:39, Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Documentation/git-push.txt |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Most of this is under examples, so I don't think this is cluttering
the man page too much.

> +is recommended only for private, unshared repositories.)  See EXAMPLES

I don't know about this line, I reckon Junio has a + refspec for the
pu branch, that is, it's ok to use a + refspec if you let others know
that the branch may be 'rebased'.

> +       branch.  *This can abandon commits in the origin repository.*

I liked your wording with the commits becoming dangling better.


> +That is, commits A and B would belong to an unreachable branch without a
> +symbolic name.

Perhaps it would be better to say those commits "would no longer
belong to a branch with a symbolic name, and thus become unreachable"?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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