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Date:	Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:23:03 +0100
From:	Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@...g.fr>
To:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:	git@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.6.2-rc0

Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com> writes:

> GIT v1.6.2 Release Notes (draft)
> ================================
>
> With the next major release, "git push" into a branch that is
> currently checked out will be refused by default.  You can choose
> what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration
> variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving repository.

Perhaps this paragraph should tell _why_ this is a dangerous
operation. There's probably a better wording, but what about

---- 8< ---
With the next major release, "git push" into a branch that is
currently checked out will be refused by default: Pushing to a
checked-out branch changes the HEAD for this branch, and would confuse
further local operations in the target repository.

You can choose what should happen [...]
---- 8< ---

?

-- 
Matthieu
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