web commit by http://chris-lamb.co.uk/: Add justification for denyNonFastForwards

diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index 1ed9eca3a36577bc99c316ec00d69d8822477b72..76bb9cc45aaeac9b4f73aaa8a0494c0faba06b53 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup.mdwn
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
                        echo .ikiwiki > .gitignore
                        git add index.mdwn .gitignore
                        git commit -m'Initial commit'
+                       # Stop git performing fast forwards -- this is to avoid
+                       # overwriting the remote ref and losing other peoples'
+                       # commits from there.
                        git config receive.denyNonFastForwards true
                        git config core.bare true
                        mv .git $REPO