Re: Question: behavior when reverting a commit from a shallow clone
On 10/4/26 11:57 PM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
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>> You know, it seems to me that it should be reasonable for Git to assume that
>> someone with the wherewithal to set up and operate a git repository (or at
>> the very least operate one that someone else set up) knows enough to
>> understand what's going to happen if they obliterate the only commit in
>> their tree.
>>
>> There really is only *so* much holding of the hand I think we should be
>> expected to perform before it's not only insulting to the project
>> developers, but also to the *user*.
>>
>> My two cents. I know folk use Git for all sorts of stuff. Just, maybe... the
>> sort of person who would be surprised catastrophically by this behaviour...
>> well... shouldn't.
> > There really is no need to be this adversarial to a simple question like
> from the author. We want to be a welcoming community, and replies like
> this are the exact opposite and will drive people away.
My apologies; I didn't realize I was coming across as adversarial.
Also, I stand corrected - other replies to this question indicate that we *are, indeed* prepared to perform this level of hand holding. I fundamentally misunderstood the project's stance in this regard.
Carlisle T. Hamlin <hamlin.carlisle@gmx.com>