Re: git pull suggestion

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 12, 2010, 21:35 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <s2m3abd05a91004121318x22b1f712tdd5600ad656c6b13@mail.gmail.com>

Aghiles <aghilesk@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Sun, Apr 11, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> The other answer would initially appear a bit sad, but after you think
>> about it, it would turn into an enlightenment, especially for people whose
>> brains have rotten from years and years of CVS/SVN use.
>
> My brain was rotten even _before_ CVS/SVN use, so you can picture
> the damage.

Please don't take that too seriously; it was just me imitating these:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
    https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/LinusTalk200705Transcript

;-)

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>> ... so I'll leave that as an exercise
>> to the readers but will leave a pictorial hint.
>
> Before I start thinking I already have a question (which says a lot about
> my thinking capacity): can't git detect this problematic case?

The pictorial hint is to illustrate that the case is not necessarily problematic.