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Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.6.2-rc0

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2009, 09:43 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> GIT v1.6.2 Release Notes (draft)
>> ================================
>>
>> With the next major release, "git push" into a branch that is
>> currently checked out will be refused by default.  You can choose
>> what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration
>> variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving repository.
>
> Perhaps this paragraph should tell _why_ this is a dangerous
> operation.

I considered it, but that is not what Release Notes is about. It should be a table-of-contents of the highlights in the new release. Interested parties can look at the documentation for gory details.

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