Re: git pull for update of netdev fails.

Shawn Pearce [off-list ref] writes:

If only the shared repository had a way of advising clients that
commits stored in ref 'BAAAD' may not survive and thus shouldn't
be merged.

They could be merged for some temporary purposes, though (such
as compile/run tests). Merging isn't a problem, doing real
development on such material wouldn't be the best idea.
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Krzysztof Halasa