From: Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup•kalibalik.dk>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Some updates to refspec documentation
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:41:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878ws7b0d2.fsf@cup.kalibalik.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1225311945-17100-1-git-send-email-mail@cup.kalibalik.dk> (Anders Melchiorsen's message of "Wed\, 29 Oct 2008 21\:25\:38 +0100")
During my struggle, I also found a git push usability problem. The
refspec ":dst" will delete the remote branch without warning.
While this is indeed documented, you cannot blame somebody for
thinking that a left out <src> will default to HEAD, as it does for so
many other commands.
In a CVS-like setup, with everybody pushing to master, this could
cause havoc.
As the "git push <repository> :<dst>" operation is destructive, I
think it should be protected by the -f option.
For the record, I did realize this before trying to push ":master" :-).
Anders.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-29 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-29 20:25 Some updates to refspec documentation Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 1/7] Documentation: do not use regexp in refspec descriptions Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 2/7] Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 3/7] Documentation: rework SHA1 description in git push Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 5/7] Documentation: elaborate on pushing tags Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 6/7] Documentation: mention branches rather than heads Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:25 ` [PATCH 7/7] Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:40 ` [PATCH 5/7] Documentation: elaborate on pushing tags Daniel Barkalow
2008-10-31 5:36 ` [PATCH 3/7] Documentation: rework SHA1 description in git push Junio C Hamano
2008-11-02 20:13 ` Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-31 5:35 ` [PATCH 1/7] Documentation: do not use regexp in refspec descriptions Junio C Hamano
2008-11-02 17:08 ` Anders Melchiorsen
2008-10-29 20:41 ` Anders Melchiorsen [this message]
2008-10-29 20:44 ` Some updates to refspec documentation Anders Melchiorsen
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