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| author | Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> | 2009-10-24 11:31:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-24 23:50:28 -0700 |
| commit | a75d7b54097ef0d0945cbe673a9940d6c561f95c (patch) | |
| tree | 40d03cbf093fd503448d31d3a71319be3f1d4fac /Documentation/user-manual.txt | |
| parent | 78d553b7d7b269bb22ebd8b1198657c37484a3a0 (diff) | |
| download | git-a75d7b54097ef0d0945cbe673a9940d6c561f95c.tar.gz | |
Use 'fast-forward' all over the place
It's a compound word.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/user-manual.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 67ebffa568..269ec475e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ were merged. However, if the current branch is a descendant of the other--so every commit present in the one is already contained in the other--then git -just performs a "fast forward"; the head of the current branch is moved +just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved forward to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new commits being created. @@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ producing a default commit message documenting the branch and repository that you pulled from. (But note that no such commit will be created in the case of a -<<fast-forwards,fast forward>>; instead, your branch will just be +<<fast-forwards,fast-forward>>; instead, your branch will just be updated to point to the latest commit from the upstream branch.) The `git pull` command can also be given "." as the "remote" repository, @@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ $ git push ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git master ------------------------------------------------- As with `git fetch`, `git push` will complain if this does not result in a -<<fast-forwards,fast forward>>; see the following section for details on +<<fast-forwards,fast-forward>>; see the following section for details on handling this case. Note that the target of a "push" is normally a @@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ details. What to do when a push fails ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -If a push would not result in a <<fast-forwards,fast forward>> of the +If a push would not result in a <<fast-forwards,fast-forward>> of the remote branch, then it will fail with an error like: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ $ git checkout release && git pull Important note! If you have any local changes in these branches, then this merge will create a commit object in the history (with no local -changes git will simply do a "Fast forward" merge). Many people dislike +changes git will simply do a "fast-forward" merge). Many people dislike the "noise" that this creates in the Linux history, so you should avoid doing this capriciously in the "release" branch, as these noisy commits will become part of the permanent history when you ask Linus to pull @@ -2729,9 +2729,9 @@ In the previous example, when updating an existing branch, "git fetch" checks to make sure that the most recent commit on the remote branch is a descendant of the most recent commit on your copy of the branch before updating your copy of the branch to point at the new -commit. Git calls this process a <<fast-forwards,fast forward>>. +commit. Git calls this process a <<fast-forwards,fast-forward>>. -A fast forward looks something like this: +A fast-forward looks something like this: ................................................ o--o--o--o <-- old head of the branch |