From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Obscure error/warning/information message from git pull Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:19:32 +0200 Message-ID: <838uj788ob.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20141114120604.GA3859@acm.acm> <87389mkjwo.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> <20141114141434.GM3565@embecosm.com> <20141114180521.GA3168@acm.acm> <20141114230235.GF3168@acm.acm> <20141117141123.GA4294@acm.acm> <83lhn89zxn.fsf@gnu.org> <83bno49xtw.fsf@gnu.org> <83sihf97hm.fsf@gnu.org> <87wq6rh5a2.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416414021 26868 80.91.229.3 (19 Nov 2014 16:20:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 17:20:13 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr7zI-0006IS-R6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:20:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59331 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr7zI-0004xK-Dw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:20:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37548) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr7yv-0004rq-QS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:19:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr7yp-0006ed-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:19:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout24.012.net.il ([80.179.55.180]:48159) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr7yi-0006dL-IX; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:19:36 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout24.012.net.il by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NFA00500NNYQ300@mtaout24.012.net.il>; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:11:58 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NFA003CBNNY2B20@mtaout24.012.net.il>; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:11:58 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87wq6rh5a2.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.180 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:177773 Archived-At: > From: David Kastrup > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:08:05 +0100 > > >> Earlier VCS often had more reified branches. A phrase that crops up a > >> lot in git descriptions is "lightweight branching". This was achieved > >> by paring back the branch concept - leaving nothing more than the nodes > >> reachable from a named ref - and by making ref manipulation very common. > >> > >> When contrasting git to earlier VCS in none of the git intros I have > >> read have I seen that particular point made. > > > > You are again talking about differences in implementation. "Branch" > > the concept does not change a bit, no matter what VCS are you using. > > When "Branch the concept" leads you to conclude "this can't happen" for > things that clearly can It doesn't. > Reflogs contain the _actual_ history. I don't know whatever gave you the idea I was talking about anything like that. I wasn't.