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Re: Some updates to refspec documentation

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AMAnders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
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Oct 29, 2008, 20:41 UTC
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During my struggle, I also found a git push usability problem. The refspec ":dst" will delete the remote branch without warning.

While this is indeed documented, you cannot blame somebody for thinking that a left out <src> will default to HEAD, as it does for so many other commands.

In a CVS-like setup, with everybody pushing to master, this could cause havoc.

As the "git push <repository> :<dst>" operation is destructive, I think it should be protected by the -f option.

For the record, I did realize this before trying to push ":master" :-).
Anders.
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Message 14 of 15 in “Some updates to refspec documentation”
  1. Anders MelchiorsenOct 29, 2008
  2. 1/7 Documentation: do not use regexp in refspec descriptionsAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  3. 2/7 Documentation: git push repository can also be a remoteAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  4. 3/7 Documentation: rework SHA1 description in git pushAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  5. 4/7 Documentation: remove a redundant elaborationAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  6. 5/7 Documentation: elaborate on pushing tagsAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  7. 6/7 Documentation: mention branches rather than headsAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  8. 7/7 Documentation: avoid using undefined parametersAnders Melchiorsen, Oct 29, 2008
  9. Daniel BarkalowOct 29, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  11. Anders MelchiorsenNov 2, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  13. Anders MelchiorsenNov 2, 2008
  14. Anders MelchiorsenOct 29, 2008
  15. Anders MelchiorsenOct 29, 2008

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