From: joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:31:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: web commit by http://chris-lamb.co.uk/: Add justification for denyNonFastForwards
X-Git-Tag: 2.9~17
X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/b06ae34d0b01adfc5399fbbd32a4ebbf5e190737

web commit by http://chris-lamb.co.uk/: Add justification for denyNonFastForwards
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diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn
index 1ed9eca3a..76bb9cc45 100644
--- 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