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From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
To: Martin <git@mfriebe.de>
Cc: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:57:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878s2dgu4d.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <30e4c874-6b87-b03d-fa33-fde5b7e50b2a@mfriebe.de> (Martin's message of "Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:13:38 +0200")

Martin <git@mfriebe.de> writes:


[...]

> Currently only the branch is mentioned.
> Currently nothing does explicitly say that *commits* can be affected.

Commits cannot be immediately affected. One of the most essential
features of Git is that commits could only be affected (deleted) by
garbage collection. That's what makes Git so nicely safe in operation.

It'd be unfortunate to have statements in the manual pages that
contradict this.

Thanks,
-- 
Sergey Organov

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-07-11  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-29 15:28 PATCH: improve git switch documentation Martin
2021-06-29 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-29 19:04   ` Martin
2021-06-29 22:39     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-30  8:50       ` Martin
2021-06-30 22:59         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-01 10:06           ` Martin
2021-07-01 11:27             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 18:34               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 20:46                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 21:25                   ` What actually is a branch? Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 22:07                     ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 22:35                       ` Martin
2021-07-08  3:39                         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 10:15                           ` Martin
2021-07-08 17:33                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 19:21                               ` Martin
2021-07-08 20:37                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 23:11                                   ` Martin
2021-07-09  0:45                                     ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 13:24                                       ` Martin
2021-07-09 15:08                                         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 15:23                                           ` switch requires --detach [[Re: What actually is a branch]] Martin
2021-07-09 16:21                                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:38                                               ` Randall S. Becker
2021-07-09 17:10                                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:54                                               ` Martin
2021-07-10 10:08                                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 19:18                                               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 14:29                                       ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Martin
2021-07-09 16:10                                         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:51                                           ` Martin
2021-07-09 17:41                                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 18:23                                               ` Martin
2021-07-10 19:45                                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 20:07                                                   ` Martin
2021-07-10 20:49                                                     ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 22:13                                                       ` Martin
2021-07-10 23:35                                                         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11  9:10                                                           ` Martin
2021-07-11  9:30                                                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:28                                                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:33                                                               ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:58                                                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 17:52                                                                   ` Martin
2021-07-12 19:08                                                                     ` Felipe Contreras
     [not found]                                                                       ` <3a84e4c9-4e48-1cbe-4fe6-150ff56c8508@mfriebe.de>
     [not found]                                                                         ` <60ecbe577a086_a6b702082@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-13 10:42                                                                           ` Martin
2021-07-13 16:02                                                                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-16 18:12                                                                               ` Martin
2021-07-16 18:31                                                                               ` Martin
2021-07-16 18:56                                                                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-17  7:02                                                                                   ` Martin
     [not found]                                                                                   ` <1997ca3b-117a-e19a-0dee-7342a2f1a0e7@mfriebe.de>
     [not found]                                                                                     ` <60f1f4c3dd8b1_14cb208c1@natae.notmuch>
     [not found]                                                                                       ` <fedbfe1f-9e6d-f46f-ca41-e176a30e938c@mfriebe.de>
     [not found]                                                                                         ` <60f22aaa6a4f1_1f602081b@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-17 10:07                                                                                           ` Martin
     [not found]                                                                                             ` <60f33f8a7c39b_507220823@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-17 21:23                                                                                               ` Martin
2021-07-19 17:51                                                                                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11  7:57                                                         ` Sergey Organov [this message]
2021-07-11  9:27                                                           ` Martin
2021-07-11  9:37                                                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 10:24                                                               ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:34                                                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 22:13                                                       ` Naming the --forec option [[Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation]] Martin
2021-07-10 23:18                                                         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11  0:39                                                           ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:15                                                             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 10:24                                             ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 10:37                                               ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-10 11:05                                               ` Martin
2021-07-10 16:32                                                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 20:12                                                   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11  9:04                                                     ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 10:05                                                       ` Martin
2021-07-11 12:23                                                         ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 13:39                                                           ` Martin
2021-07-11 14:49                                                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 16:51                                                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 10:31                                                               ` Kerry, Richard
2021-07-12 11:11                                                                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:55                                                                   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:24                                                       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:39                                                         ` Martin
2021-07-12 17:09                                                           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 22:58                                                         ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 23:36                                                           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-13 11:20                                                           ` Martin
2021-07-10 20:00                                                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 19:51                                               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11  9:52                                                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:44                                                   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-13 10:57                                                     ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-13 16:10                                                       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-14 19:14                                                         ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-14 19:51                                                           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-14 20:42                                                             ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-08  3:12                       ` What actually is a branch? Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 11:16                         ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-08 18:05                           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-01 14:58             ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Junio C Hamano
2021-07-01 17:29               ` Martin
2021-07-01 17:46                 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 18:54                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 18:47               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 18:14             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-01  0:06         ` Matt Rogers

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