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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: get rid of irrelevant references to git-pull
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:43:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq60p6o4js.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87shsapjiz.fsf@javad.com> (Sergey Organov's message of "Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:34:28 +0300")

Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:

> So I believe this change is inline with the rest of the patch. The
> reference to git-pull (if it remains) should be a side-note, not part of
> explanation of operation.

Not really.  The thing is, "This is the most common" needs to be
close to "Often...".  "git merge" directly invoked by the end user
is much less likely to encounter a fast forward situation; getting
invoked indirectly by "git pull" makes it common.


  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-05 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-05 14:46 [PATCH 0/6] git-merge: a few documentation improvements sorganov
2016-10-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 1/6] git-merge: clarify "usage" by adding "-m <msg>" sorganov
2016-10-05 17:46   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-05 20:41     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 2/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: remove list of options from SYNOPSIS sorganov
2016-10-05 17:47   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-05 21:03     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 3/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: fix SYNOPSIS of obsolete form to include options sorganov
2016-10-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 4/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: improve short description in NAME sorganov
2016-10-05 17:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-05 21:01     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 17:55   ` Jeff King
2016-10-05 20:44     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 5/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: improve short description in DESCRIPTION sorganov
2016-10-05 16:58   ` Jakub Narębski
2016-10-05 20:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-05 21:27     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-06 13:21     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 18:07   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-05 21:24     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 21:41       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-06 12:30         ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-06 17:46           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-07 13:13             ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: get rid of irrelevant references to git-pull sorganov
2016-10-05 18:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-05 21:34     ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-05 21:43       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-10-06 12:39         ` Sergey Organov
2016-10-06 18:06           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-07 11:45             ` Sergey Organov

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