Re: VC mode and git

[Richard Stallman]

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  > If you say so. But then why do we see this warning from “git help merge”?

  >         Warning: Running git merge with non-trivial
  >         uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible,
  >         it may leave you in a state that is hard to back out
  >         of in the case of a conflict.

Reportedly pull includes merge, so this implies that git pull is also
dangerous when you have made changes.

It usually takes weeks from when I write a change to when I check it
in to Savannah.  To check them in, I must first get the latest changes
from Savannah.  If I can't do a pull in that state, how can I ever
check them in?

(I am using the term "check in" to mean "put my changes into the
central repository".  How this breaks down into git operations is
implementation details.  I would rather not have to know the details,
but if git makes it necessary for me to know them, I will still think
of what I am doing as "check in" despite the cumbersome technicalities
required to carry it out.)

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