From: Sverre Rabbelier Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:33:54 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] remote: new show output style Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <499D894F.90508@xiplink.com> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 17:31, Marc Branchaud wrote: > So commits A and B are basically left dangling? Correct, that's why it's not desirable to do so when it's not your private repo/branch ;). > If that's the case, then I'd say "replaces" or "overwrites" is the right > word to use in the 'remote show' output. Yes, that would be a better wording. > But more importantly, I think the 'git push' man page needs to explain this! >From my cursory glance the term 'non-fast forward' is indeed not explained in the man-page, feel like writing a patch? ;) -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier