Re: changes in r112843

[Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org> wrote:
> () Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
> () Wed, 5 Jun 2013 07:12:24 +0800
>
>    Remove the (both versions) motivation of branching.
>
> I think most who read this part of the manual will already have
> notions of branching as they pertain to their favorite VCS.
> Probably what they seek (what we should provide here) is the
> assurance that Emacs can be congruent to that particular model,
> amongst others.
>
> IOW, in "branch on a tree" the key word in this context is "on".

1+

> How about removing motivation and adding in its place text that
> qualifies "independent lines" w/ the notion of a (possibly) shared
> base (point of intersection) for these lines?  I say "possibly"
> because VCS support for multiple roots (full independence) is not
> universal, and anyway in practice full independence is almost
> entirely undesirable.

Looks good.  Would you like to send a patch here (or install it yourself
if you think it's appropriate)?  I'm not confident in my phrasing.

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Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
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