Re: [PATCH] git-pull documentation: fix linkgit in the --rebase option description.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 11, 2008, 15:15 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802111514400.3870@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20080211132800.GV25954@genesis.frugalware.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Miklos Vajna wrote:

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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> index 4cc633a..b9bc6ed 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ include::merge-strategies.txt[]
>  	there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch
>  	was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
>  	to avoid rebasing non-local changes.
> -
>  	*NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation.
>  	It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you
>  	published that history already.  Do *not* use this option

The intention was to force a new paragraph. The *NOTE* should be loud and clear, so that those few people who read man pages are properly warned that --rebase is a dangerous option if you do not know what you are doing.

Ciao, Dscho