From: Jeff King Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:20:28 GMT Subject: Re: VCS comparison table Message-ID: <20061018212028.GC24707@coredump.intra.peff.net> In-Reply-To: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 07:52:25AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > git send origin.. > > and that "origin" is what the other end is expected to already have. > > Of course, if you send an unconnected bundle (ie you give an origin that > the other end _doesn't_ have), you're screwed. OK, that was how I was envisioning it, as well, but I was concerned about the "screwed" part. But I'm not sure how often that would be an issue in practice (after all, patches require some matchup of the base, though not as strict as SHA1s). Thanks for the explanation. -Peff