Re: [PATCH] cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obvious

From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date: Dec 6, 2006, 14:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20061206145219.GB1714@fieldses.org>
In-Reply-To: <el6d50$p7e$2@sea.gmane.org>

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:32:32PM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > +  * Since every working tree contains a repository, a commit will not
> > +    publish your changes; it will only create a revision. You have to
> > +    "push" your changes to a public repository to make them visible
> > +    to others.
> > +
> 
> I'm not sure about context of this addition, but it is simply not
> true if you publish your working repository. Granted, usually one
> sets up bare public publishing repository...

That's true, but this document is focused on the cvs-like case of multiple private repos pushing to a single common public repo.

But we could replace "a commit will not publish" by "a commit in your private repository will not publish"--which would make the statement true without distracting from the main point.