From: Sean Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:55:56 GMT Subject: Re: Problems setting up bare repository (git 1.5.3.3) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vwsu5l6j8.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:23:39 -0700 Junio C Hamano wrote: > If your push were "next~27^2:frotz", it becomes even less clear. > It may be that I am pushing out the tip of a topic branch I > usually do not push out, so it would be easier for some specific > person to build on top of. Or maybe I am marking that place as > a lightweight tag. They are equally likely. But you could pick a reasonable default in assuming that a new branch is desired with the above example. If someone wants to push a tag, they can create the tag locally, and then push it. Sean