From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 03:52:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Bootstrapping into git, commit gripes at me
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0507112050300.17536@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v8y0cg07c.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> I do not quite follow your objections.  I do not think I am
> forcing anybody to name an old thing.

Sure you are. You're forcing them to make a choice, where both choices 
are bad. Either:

 - name an old thing (that you may not even have worked on - "master" from 
   a newly cloned repo)

 - throw the old master state away ("--force")

Either choice is bad.

		Linus