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Re: [PATCH] add receive.denyNonFastforwards config variable

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 20, 2006, 23:19 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> If receive.denyNonFastforwards is set to true, git-receive-pack will deny
> non fast-forwards, i.e. forced updates. Most notably, a push to a repository
> which has that flag set will fail.
>
> As a first user, 'git-init-db --shared' sets this flag, since in a shared
> setup, you are most unlikely to want forced pushes to succeed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Looks good.  Care to do a handful more tasks before we forget?
 Documentation/git-init-db.txt
 Documentation/config.txt
 Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
 t/t5400-send-pack.sh or a new test t/t5401-push-into-shared-repo.sh
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  2. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2006
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  6. Johannes SchindelinSep 21, 2006
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