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Re: Git BOF notes

From
JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
Jul 21, 2006, 13:21 UTC
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<20060721132111.GD32585@fieldses.org>
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On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 01:01:55AM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
> 	* Support for distributing and following the mutated history.
> 	  I'm actually not sure about the level of Git support for
> 	  this, Cogito supports cg-updating to a mutated history
> 	  if you have no local changes.

A fetch that doesn't fast-forward fails with a warning unless you explicitly ask it (--force) to blow away your old history.

I don't see what more you could do.
--b.
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  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 22, 2006
  5. Petr BaudisJul 22, 2006
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  7. Petr BaudisJul 22, 2006
  8. Timo HirvonenJul 22, 2006
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  11. Petr BaudisJul 21, 2006
  12. Alex RiesenJul 21, 2006
  13. Nguyễn Thái Ngọc DuyJul 22, 2006
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  15. Catalin MarinasJul 24, 2006
  16. Petr BaudisJul 24, 2006
  17. Nguyễn Thái Ngọc DuyJul 24, 2006

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