Re: [PATCH 08/13] Improve section "Manipulating branches"

Thomas Ackermann [off-list ref] writes:

Add some missing punctuation.
Simplify description of "git branch -d/-D".
...
 `git branch -d <branch>`::
-	delete the branch `<branch>`; if the branch you are deleting
-	points to a commit which is not reachable from the current
-	branch, this command will fail with a warning.
+	delete the branch `<branch>`; if the branch is not fully
+	merged in its upstream branch, this command will fail with a warning.

But is this correct?  I somehow thought that we check with the
current or the upstream.

 `git branch -D <branch>`::
-	even if the branch points to a commit not reachable
-	from the current branch, you may know that that commit
-	is still reachable from some other branch or tag.  In that
-	case it is safe to use this command to force Git to delete
-	the branch.
+	delete the branch `<branch>` irrespective of its merged status.

This is an OK change.

But is this correct?  I somehow thought that we check with the
current or the upstream.

You are correct. I will add this. Thanks.


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Thomas