Indelible actions only

Walther Bauer· Jun 28, 2011, 22:18 UTC · lore

Hello, how do I configure a git repository in a way, that no modifications of existing history (eg "commit --amend", "branch -d", "rebase") are allowed? Regards, walther

Carlos Martín Nieto· Jun 28, 2011, 22:45 UTC · re: Walther Bauer · lore

Re: Indelible actions only

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:18:36AM +0200, Walther Bauer wrote:

> Hello,
> how do I configure a git repository in a way, that no modifications of
> existing history (eg "commit --amend", "branch -d", "rebase") are
> allowed?

From the git-config man page

       receive.denyNonFastForwards
           If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
           not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
           even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is set
           when initializing a shared repository.

so set that variable to true. This has to be in the repository you use to synchronize. IIRC it can't be avoided locally (but that's not a problem, because you shouldn't be working directly on the public repo anyway).

Cheers,
   cmn

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