Re: [PATCH 1/5] fetch doc: update introductory part for clarity

2014-05-30 Thread Junio C Hamano
Marc Branchaud writes: > The docs say that all the fetched refs are written to FETCH_HEAD (perhaps a > more accurate name would have been FETCH_HEADS?). If that's truly the case, > it seems weird to use FETCH_HEAD in log and merge commands. (My FETCH_HEAD > file currently has 1434 lines in it -

Re: [PATCH 1/5] fetch doc: update introductory part for clarity

2014-05-30 Thread Marc Branchaud
On 14-05-30 01:52 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Marc Branchaud writes: > >> On 14-05-29 06:42 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> + >>> +The names of refs that are fetched, together with the object names >>> +they point at, are written to `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information >>> +is used by a later merge

Re: [PATCH 1/5] fetch doc: update introductory part for clarity

2014-05-30 Thread Junio C Hamano
Marc Branchaud writes: > On 14-05-29 06:42 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> - "Branches" is a more common way to say "heads" in these days. >> >> - Remote-tracking branches are used a lot more these days and it is >>worth mentioning that it is one of the primary side effects of >>the comma

Re: [PATCH 1/5] fetch doc: update introductory part for clarity

2014-05-30 Thread Marc Branchaud
On 14-05-29 06:42 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > - "Branches" is a more common way to say "heads" in these days. > > - Remote-tracking branches are used a lot more these days and it is >worth mentioning that it is one of the primary side effects of >the command to update them. > > - Avoid