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RE: Beginner question on "Pull is mostly evil"

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May 7, 2014, 20:30 UTC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Junio C Hamano
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Beginner question on "Pull is mostly evil"
> 
> No.  This is most often true for people who use a single repository as a
> place for everybody to meet, in the same way as SVN.
[snip lots of excellent detail]
> HTH.

Wow. That helps tremendously, and should be incorporated somewhere in the Git documentation. Thank you for your immensely detailed response.

Apologies about not breaking lines... I'll remember that in future.
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  2. David KastrupMay 7, 2014
  3. Jeff KingMay 7, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2014
  5. Jim GarrisonMay 7, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2014
  7. Stephen & Linda SmithMay 8, 2014
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  10. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2014
  11. Stephen & Linda SmithMay 10, 2014

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