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diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt
index 2d9b20c588cfe628fb11c09a7b2e6edb4ca1702b..1295dbb394f0ebf341cf2971e79ecc67078ad267 100644 (file)
--- a/pep-git.txt
+++ b/pep-git.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Download and installation
 Unix users: download and install using your package manager.
 
 Microsoft Windows: download `git-for-windows
-<https://git-for-windows.github.io/>`_.
+<https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases>`_.
 
 MacOS X: use git installed with `XCode
 <https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/>`_ or download
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Initial configuration
 
 This simple code is often appears in documentation, but it is
 important so let repeat it here. Git marks every commit with author
-and commiter names/emails, so configure your real name and preferred
+and committer names/emails, so configure your real name and preferred
 email::
 
     $ git config --global user.name "User Name"
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ branch BRANCH and its upstream remote branch. But it refuses to update
 branches in case of non-fast-forward. And it refuses to update the
 current branch.
 
-The first command is used internall by ``git pull``.
+The first command is used internally by ``git pull``.
 
 ::
 
@@ -236,8 +236,17 @@ git guesses (knowing upstream remote branches) that you really want
 
     $ git push origin v1:v1 v2:v2
 
-Git pushes commits to the remote repo and updates remote branches. It
-is possible to configure git to make it push a few branches or all
+Git pushes commits to the remote repo and updates remote branches. Git
+refuses to push commits that aren't fast-forwardable. You can
+force-push anyway, but please remember - you can force-push to your
+own repositories but don't force-push to public or shared repos. If
+you find git refuses to push commits that aren't fast-forwardable,
+better fetch and merge commits from the remote repo (or rebase your
+commits on top of the fetched commits), then push. Only force-push if
+you know what you do and why you do it. See the section `Commit
+editing and caveats`_ below.
+
+It is possible to configure git to make it push a few branches or all
 branches at once, so you can simply run
 
 ::
@@ -281,7 +290,7 @@ Commit editing and caveats
 ==========================
 
 A warning not to edit published (pushed) commits also appears in
-documentation but it's also repeated here as it's very important.
+documentation but it's repeated here anyway as it's very important.
 
 It is possible to recover from forced push but it's PITA for the
 entire team. Please avoid it.
@@ -343,15 +352,8 @@ Staging area aka index is a distinguishing feature of git. See
 Wiki.
 
 
-Advanced configuration
-======================
-
-Line endings
-------------
-
-Git has builtin mechanisms to handle line endings.
-
-TODO: describe crlf configuration and .gitattributes.
+Merge or rebase?
+================
 
 
 Null-merges
@@ -366,6 +368,19 @@ Git has a builtin strategy for what Python core developers call
 ReReRe
 ======
 
+https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rerere
+
+
+Advanced configuration
+======================
+
+Line endings
+------------
+
+Git has builtin mechanisms to handle line endings.
+
+TODO: describe crlf configuration and .gitattributes.
+
 
 Database maintenance
 ====================