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: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:53:56 +0200 Message-ID: <834mtw9w6z.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> <87egt0ic7g.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416336872 22465 80.91.229.3 (18 Nov 2014 18:54:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:54:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 18 19:54:25 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 1Xqnuz-0004TK-A0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:54:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54797 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqnuz-0006Kz-0X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:54:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60361) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqnup-0006IU-Ti for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:54:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqnuk-0005EC-0d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:54:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:49325) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xqnud-0005D5-E5; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:54:03 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NF800200ZYYML00@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:52:31 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NF900OJE0FIF540@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:52:31 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87egt0ic7g.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: 80.179.55.182 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:177633 Archived-At: > From: David Kastrup > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:40:51 +0100 >=20 > Eli Zaretskii writes: >=20 > > Regardless, the concept of "branch" as a separate line of develop= ment > > is not killed by Git. It's just that a branch can be named by it= s > > tip, and vice versa. >=20 > A local branch is slightly more than its tip: you can be "on" a bra= nch, > and if you commit then, the tip is advanced. In contrast, a > remote-mirroring branch is indeed not more than its tip: checking i= t out > gives you a detached HEAD. Committing does not change the branch t= ip. That's all true, but it again refers to how a branch is labeled or specified. By contrast, I'm talking about a "branch of development", if you like: the series of commits made on a branch. For that, it doesn't matter whether the branch is local or remote, or if I can or cannot change it by committing. Really, this whole discussion sounds like a chapter from the immortal "Alice", remember? =E2=80=9C[...]The name of the song is called =E2=80=9CHADDOCKS= =E2=80=99 EYES.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=98 =E2=80=98Oh, that=E2=80=99s the name of the song, is it?=E2=80= =99 Alice said, trying to feel interested. =E2=80=98No, you don=E2=80=99t understand,=E2=80=99 the Knight sa= id, looking a little vexed. =E2=80=98That=E2=80=99s what the name is CALLED. The name = really IS =E2=80=9CTHE AGED AGED MAN.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=98 =E2=80=98Then I ought to have said =E2=80=9CThat=E2=80=99s what t= he SONG is called=E2=80=9D?=E2=80=99 Alice corrected herself. =E2=80=98No, you oughtn=E2=80=99t: that=E2=80=99s quite another t= hing! The SONG is called =E2=80=9CWAYS AND MEANS=E2=80=9D: but that=E2=80=99s only what it= =E2=80=99s CALLED, you know!=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98Well, what IS the song, then?=E2=80=99 said Alice, who w= as by this time completely bewildered. =E2=80=98I was coming to that,=E2=80=99 the Knight said. =E2=80= =98The song really IS =E2=80=9CA-SITTING ON A GATE=E2=80=9D: and the tune=E2=80=99s my = own invention.=E2=80=99