# [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage 2 messages from 2007-08-05 to 2007-08-05. Participants: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9389 ## Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, 2007-08-05 05:22 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage Message-ID: <11862913353314-git-send-email-jyotirmoy@jyotirmoy.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/11862913353314-git-send-email-jyotirmoy%40jyotirmoy.net ``` In git-push it is the remote repository and not the local repository which is fast forwarded. The description of the -f option in the git-push manpage gets it the other way round. Signed-off-by: Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 74a0da1..0dd9caf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ the remote repository. -f, \--force:: Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is - not a descendant of the local ref used to overwrite it. + not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. This flag disables the check. This can cause the remote repository to lose commits; use it with care. -- 1.5.2.4 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-08-05 05:35 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fixed git-push manpage Message-ID: <7vir7uh7cr.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vir7uh7cr.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <11862913353314-git-send-email-jyotirmoy@jyotirmoy.net> ``` That indeed is an embarrasing thinko. Thanks! ```