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Re: [PATCH] Expand explanation of the use of + in git push refspecs.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Feb 20, 2009, 05:10 UTC
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> writes:
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>> +       branch.  *This can abandon commits in the origin repository.*
>
> I liked your wording with the commits becoming dangling better.
>
>> +That is, commits A and B would belong to an unreachable branch without a
>> +symbolic name.
>
> Perhaps it would be better to say those commits "would no longer
> belong to a branch with a symbolic name, and thus become unreachable"?
I agree with you on both counts.
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Message 5 of 7 in “Expand explanation of the use of + in git push refspecs.”
  1. Expand explanation of the use of + in git push refspecs.Marc Branchaud, Feb 19, 2009
  2. [PATCHv2] Docs: Expand explanation of the use of + in git push refspecs.Marc Branchaud, Feb 19, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierFeb 19, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2009
  7. Marc BranchaudFeb 24, 2009

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