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Re: [PATCH 4/4] remote: new show output style

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2009, 16:16 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 17:03, Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> wrote:
> Though I'm not really happy using "updates" when + is specified in the push
> refspec.  What, precisely, is a "non-fast forward update" anyway?  Is it
> essentially a rebase?  If so, maybe "rebases onto remote " would be better
> (again with a trailing space to get nice alignment).

A non-fast forward update in terms of pushing means you overwrite whatever the remote currently has set as that branch's head. This can be desirable in a private repository or branch, but is usually not desired on shared branches.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 7 of 19 in “Improve "remote show" output”
  1. 0/4 Improve "remote show" outputJay Soffian, Feb 19, 2009
  2. 1/4 remote: minor code cleanups in preparation for changing "show" outputJay Soffian, Feb 19, 2009
  3. 2/4 remote: move append_ref_to_tracked_list to get rid of prototypeJay Soffian, Feb 19, 2009
  4. 3/4 string-list: add for_each_string_list()Jay Soffian, Feb 19, 2009
  5. 4/4 remote: new show output styleJay Soffian, Feb 19, 2009
  6. Marc BranchaudFeb 19, 2009
  7. Sverre RabbelierFeb 19, 2009
  8. Marc BranchaudFeb 19, 2009
  9. Sverre RabbelierFeb 19, 2009
  10. Rostislav SvobodaFeb 19, 2009
  11. Jay SoffianFeb 19, 2009
  12. Jay SoffianFeb 19, 2009
  13. Julian PhillipsFeb 19, 2009
  14. Marc BranchaudFeb 20, 2009
  15. Jay SoffianFeb 20, 2009
  16. Johannes SixtFeb 19, 2009
  17. Jay SoffianFeb 19, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2009
  19. Jay SoffianFeb 20, 2009

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