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Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Feb 2, 2010, 05:43 UTC
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Ron Garret wrote:
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>  Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
> 
> > It is good of course that you bring those issues to our attention.  but 
> > it is more likely that the manual needs fixing than anything else.
> 
> That's fine.  My only aim here is to raise the issue.
> 
> By the way, if you (plural) think it would be helpful I'd be happy to 
> take a stab at rewriting this part of the manual.  Writing docs is a 
> drag, but it would probably be a useful exercise for me.

Please feel free to contribute. We are all volunteers here and extra help is always welcome. The file Documentation/SubmittingPatches should give you lots of useful hints.

Nicolas
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Message 18 of 24 in “Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?”
  1. Steve DiverFeb 1, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2010
  3. Sergei OrganovFeb 1, 2010
  4. Ron GarretFeb 1, 2010
  5. Petr BaudisFeb 1, 2010
  6. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2010
  8. Ron GarretFeb 1, 2010
  9. Petr BaudisFeb 2, 2010
  10. Ron GarretFeb 2, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2010
  12. Ron GarretFeb 2, 2010
  13. J. Bruce FieldsFeb 2, 2010
  14. Ron GarretFeb 2, 2010
  15. J. Bruce FieldsFeb 3, 2010
  16. Nicolas PitreFeb 2, 2010
  17. Ron GarretFeb 2, 2010
  18. Nicolas PitreFeb 2, 2010
  19. tytso@mit.eduFeb 2, 2010
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2010
  22. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2010
  23. Jay SoffianFeb 1, 2010
  24. Steve DiverFeb 1, 2010

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