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diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt
index 9c07758..118fc87 100644
--- 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
-`_.
+`_.
MacOS X: use git installed with `XCode
`_ 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"
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ Examples of git commands in this PEP use the following approach. It is
supposed that you, the user, works with a local repository named
``python`` that has an upstream remote repo named ``origin``. Your
local repo has two branches ``v1`` and ``v2``. For most examples the
-currently checked out branch is ``v2``. That is, it's assumed you did
-something like that::
+currently checked out branch is ``v2``. That is, it's assumed you have
+done something like that::
$ git clone -b v1 http://git.python.org/python.git
$ cd python
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ To see local and remote branches (and tags) pointing to commits::
$ git log --decorate
You never do your own development on remote branches. You create a
-local branch that has a remote branch as an upstream and do
-development on that local branch. On push git updates remote branches,
-and on pull git updates remote branches and fast-forwards, merges or
-rebases local branches.
+local branch that has a remote branch as upstream and do development
+on that local branch. On push git updates remote branches, and on pull
+git updates remote branches and fast-forwards, merges or rebases local
+branches.
When you do an initial clone like this::
@@ -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.
@@ -316,7 +325,7 @@ safely edit, remove, reorder, combine and split commits that hasn't
been pushed yet. You can even push commits to your own (backup) repo,
edit them later and force-push edited commits to replace what has
already been pushed. Not a problem until commits are in a public
-repository.
+or shared repository.
Undo
@@ -343,15 +352,6 @@ 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?
================
@@ -368,6 +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
====================