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Re: git branch documentation improvements

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AHAndreas Hartmetz <ahartmetz@gmail.com>
Date
May 8, 2010, 16:39 UTC
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On Friday 07 May 2010 09:20:15 Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> Am 5/7/2010 0:24, schrieb Andreas Hartmetz:
> > The most significant change is renaming <start-point> (or is it
> > <startpoint>...) to <branch-head> because even I as a relative beginner
> > know that a branch is defined by its (movable) head, and <start-point>
> > *does* actually specify the new branch head if I'm not mistaken.
> 
> But what is wrong with "start-point"? It precisely conveys the meaning of
> the parameter.
>

Look at -f: as far as I understand it moves the branch *head*, so start-point is plain wrong. The "root" of the branch is not moved, or only moved indirectly (not sure if the latter is allowed).

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  3. Andreas HartmetzMay 7, 2010
  4. Andreas HartmetzMay 7, 2010
  5. Johannes SixtMay 7, 2010
  6. Jon SeymourMay 7, 2010
  7. Andreas HartmetzMay 8, 2010
  8. Johannes SixtMay 10, 2010
  9. Andreas HartmetzMay 11, 2010

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