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Re: recent change in git.git/master broke my repos

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Oct 25, 2007, 18:29 UTC
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>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:

Nicolas> Isn't that called a remote branch that gets updated with "git fetch' ? Nicolas> You can even trick Git into not using the refs/remotes/ namespace for Nicolas> them if you wish.

No. I have a local master, and I want to be able to blindly say "git-merge" on that master when doing so is only a fast forward.

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  1. Randal L. SchwartzOct 25, 2007
  2. Karl HasselströmOct 25, 2007
  3. Nicolas PitreOct 25, 2007
  4. Randal L. SchwartzOct 25, 2007
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  6. Nicolas PitreOct 25, 2007
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