Re: Obscure error/warning/information message from git pull

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:08:05 +0100
> 
> >> Earlier VCS often had more reified branches. A phrase that crops up a
> >> lot in git descriptions is "lightweight branching". This was achieved
> >> by paring back the branch concept - leaving nothing more than the nodes
> >> reachable from a named ref - and by making ref manipulation very common.
> >> 
> >> When contrasting git to earlier VCS in none of the git intros I have
> >> read have I seen that particular point made.
> >
> > You are again talking about differences in implementation.  "Branch"
> > the concept does not change a bit, no matter what VCS are you using.
> 
> When "Branch the concept" leads you to conclude "this can't happen" for
> things that clearly can

It doesn't.

> Reflogs contain the _actual_ history.

I don't know whatever gave you the idea I was talking about anything
like that.  I wasn't.