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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: erratic behavior commit --allow-empty
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:30:53 +0200
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Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> writes:

> as a user, and owner of a repository I do care about the objects that are in it.

There is no need to care.

> I do not understand this: I have produced several examples that show that
> it is not created, i.e. that the very same objects are present in the repository
> after the command execution as they were before it.

That is just an implementation detail.  All you need to know is that a
ref has been created or modified.

Andreas.

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