linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v1.8.5-rc1

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Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:31:40 +0100
From:	Christian Couder <christian.couder@...il.com>
To:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:	git <git@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v1.8.5-rc1

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com> wrote:
>
>  * "git replace" helper no longer allows an object to be replaced with
>    another object of a different type to avoid confusion (you can
>    still manually craft such replacement using "git update-ref", as an
>    escape hatch).

Maybe it would be more helpful to say "you can still do that using the
--force option" instead of pointing people to "git update-ref".

Thanks,
Christian.
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